LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

In the year 1854 the various Acts of Parliament relating to Merchant Ship- ping and Navigation which, from time to time from the reign of Queen Elizabeth, had been enacted, were, for the most part, repealed and consolidated in a new Act...

Before the University Boat Race took place on the Thames on 1st April, 1972, Commander P. Thornycroft, V.R.D., R.N.R., M.R.I.N.A., of T.T. Boat Designers Ltd, Bembridge, I.o.W., wrote: 'We have been asked by the B.B.C. if a boat can be...

A bouquet for the Duchess— a rose for a little girl: The Duchess of Kent takes out a rose from her bouquet and hands it back to 5-year-old Susanne Gibbs, daughter of Coxswain Kenneth Gibbs.

Photograph by courtesy of Western... - View image in PDF

Kayaking for cash A group of kayaking instructors arrived at Poole in September to present the local lifeboat crew with money raised during a tough three-day expedition promoting safe sea kayaking.

The presention was an... - View image in PDF

1st November, 1933, to 31st January, 1934.

Greater London.

CLAPHAM.—Whist drive.

CROYDON.—Lantern lectures at Wood- side by Mr. F. C. Ashby and the district organizing...

Capsize THE DAY OF TUESDAY AUGUST 26, 1986, dawned at Brighton with gale force winds blowing from the south south west, gusting to force 9 and skies overcast with a slight drizzle. Very heavy seas were running and waves up to 15 feet in...

SPECIAL APPEALS Just before the AGM at the Royal Festival Hall, London, on May 21 (which will be reported fully in the Autumn issue), Mr Roy Bailhache, Chairman of the Jersey branch, presented a cheque for £100,000—the largest single...

Letters (from page 208) as crew, was out on service for If hours.

First she towed to safety two fishing dinghies, both with swamped outboard engines and both with four people aboard; one was taken to the weather shore at...