LORD WINSTER, P.C., K.C.M.G., has been elected a Vice-President of the Institution.
Lord Winster, who was Governor and C.-in-C. of Cyprus from 1947 to 1949 and was formerly M.P. for Bas- ingstoke and Nuneaton, has been a...
Category: Committee
Soon after midday on the 27th March the coastguard telephoned that a steam drifter three miles N.E. of Troup was flying a " Not under control " signal.
The motor life-boat Lady Rothes put out at 12.40 P.M. In the...
(In the last issue of The Life-boat, in the account of the Inaugura Ceremony of the new Motor Life-boat at Piel, a photograph of the old boat-house was reproduced in mistake for the new one.). - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
RescUe OUT In A FLASH When three children were suddenly torn out of their depth by a rip current at a Devon beach, they were in danger of being thrown onto rocks – or worse Rip currents are the main surf hazard for beach goers – they can...
Category: Articles
On the 23rd December a small open boat, the Con- stance, of Eyemouth, was returning home in a very heavy sea, and as it was realized that the men on board wouJd be in serious danger if any attempt was made to go into harbour, the Life-boa...
A book entitled " Ships of the British Merchant Navy " has been written by Paymaster-Lieutenant E. C. Talbot- Booth, R.N.R., and will be published shortly by Messrs. Andrew Melrose Ltd.
It is a record of the ships...
Category: Articles
A SHRIEKING sky and a wind-torn sea— Steadily lads I And sheltered under the Life-boat's lee— Steadily lads! Storm-marked faces and shaggy hair, Jackets of rusty blue, Men who will do and will not despair— Men of the Life-boat...
Category: Poetry
For experienced fisherman Neal Dews, wearing a lifejacket didn’t matter. But when an angling trip took a turn for the worst, he soon realised how much it did Since learning to fish on the River Trent in Nottinghamshire, angling has...
Category: Articles
LADY FRANCIS OSBORNE, who died on the 13th of March at the age of 87, was an honorary life governor of the Institution. This is the highest honour which the Institution can confer on a voluntary worker.
Lady Francis Osborne...
Category: Obituaries
Wick, Caithness-shire. — At about 11.20 P.M. on the 2nd September, 1939, information was received from the coastguard that the trawler Navarre, of Grimsby, was ashore about five miles south of Duncansby Head. A fresh southerly wind was...