LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

On the 3rd February, in reply to signals of distress shown by the barque James Vinnicombe, of Sunderland, which had been in collision with another vessel and was in a disabled condition, the same Life-boat was launched, and, assisted by...

CEMLYN, ANGLESEY.—In the afternoon of the 4th April, during thick but calm weather, a vessel was reported to be stranded on the Skerries, and signalguns were heard. At 2.30 the Life-boat B. J. Nicholson was launched, found the schooner Star,...

EARL'S COURT, JANUARY 4-14 THE COMBINATION OF BLIZZARDS and transport strikes at the beginning of January might have seemed enough to scupper any exhibition—but not the London Boat Show. In spite of these difficulties and a stand which...

THE RNLI was the beneficiary of the 1983 Newmarket Charity Race Day on Saturday June 25 when just over £13,500 was raised for the lifeboats. Although the morning began dull and overcast, by midday the cloud had dispersed and the sun...

At ii p.m. on ist August, 1966, the doctor informed the honorary secretarythat a critically ill patient needed urgent hospital attention on the mainland.

The life-boat Mabel Marion Thompson left her moorings at 11.59 and...

• Britain and America - an English language primer by Dr. Maria Alpers and Dr. Herbert Voges (Velhagen & Klasing Berlin und Bielefeld) includes an account of a service by the Great Yarmouth and Gorleston life-boat to the Dutch oil ...

The Norwegian Life-boat Institution Norsk Selskab til Skibbrudnes Redning, which was founded in 9th July, 1891, will celebrate its 75th anniversary in September in Oslo.

The celebration will also mark the completion of...

The world's first motor-sailing lifeboat? It would undoubtedly save fuel and probably be great fun for the crews, but could it manage the 32-knot service speed? Sadly, this isn't the latest product of the fertile minds of the Trials... - View image in PDF