LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

During a whole N.N.W. gale on the 8th January a vessel was sighted dismasted and apparently at anchor about eight miles off Trevose Head. The crew of the No. 2 Life-boat Edmund Harvey were summoned, and in tow of the Institution's tug...

The Lizard, Cornwall. At 6.30 on the evening of the 2nd of August, 1960, in- formation was received that a naval whaler manned by an officer and four cadets on passage from Falmouth to Penzance was off the Lizard and might be in difficulties...

If you want to waste money, stop reading ..

ACC TEL ECOM Otherwise join ACC Telecom and save up to 28% on your phone calls, compared to BT basic rates.

Why you should join? Connection is FREE • You use...

M. ANDRE CITROEN has been appointed an Honorary Life-Governor of the Institution in recognition of his valuable services in showing on behalf of the Institution films of the two African expeditions which have been carried out by the Citroen...

The Life-boat transporting-carriage is a very important auxiliary to the boat.

Every Life-boat, except a few of the larger size, is provided with a carriage, on which she is kept in the boat-house ready for immediate...

Near left. D class inflatables, and the smaller Y class carried aboard the 52ft and 54ft Arun class, in the workshops.Inset. Fitters work on the 40hp Mariner outboards for the D class boats in the outboard workshop.. - View image in PDF

Rhyl, Flintshire. At 10.52 on the night of the 14th May, 1961, a report was received from the Golden Sands holiday camp that a yacht had capsized half-a-mile off shore in Kinmel Bay.

Three minutes later, when the life-boat...

Ramsgate, Kent.—At 1.41 on the afternoon of the 17th of May, 1955, the coastguard telephoned that a cargo vessel was listing heavily near Gull Stream Buoy. At 1.53 the life- boat Greater London, Civil Service No.

3, on...