LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

Not content with just the ordinary duties of a lifeboat crew, the men from Salcombe have proved themselves to be as much of a fund-raising team as they are a lifesaving team. Last year, through the crew's efforts alone, £4,267 was... - View image in PDF

The following figures show the general form, the nature of the fittings and air-chambers of one of these boats, 33 feet in length and 8 feet in breadth. In figs. 1 and 2, the elevation and deck plans, the general exterior form of the boat is...

At 1.5 A.M. on the 6th December a message was received, stating that a steamer was ashore at Druridge Bay. The crew of the Life-boat Mary Andrew were at once called, the Life-boat was launched at 1.30 A.M. and proceeded to the vessel, which...

Awards for saving drowning man...

Brain Barkess, crew member at Sunderland lifeboat station, has been awarded a Royal Humane Society Resuscitation Certificate in recognition of his actions during the rescue of three people...

PERHAPS Mr. Plimsoll, in the interest of Saving Life at Sea, has done no more useful thing than pressing on the atten- tion of Parliament the necessity for addi- tional precautions and legal requirements to prevent the shifting of grain and...

TOP VIEW OP A TWO-CYLINDER RAFT.

SIDE VIEW SHOWING STRINGER PIECES, ETC.

SECTIONAL VIEW, CUT TRANSVEBBELT, OF A THREE-CYLINDER RAFT.

THE recent passage across the Atlantic Ocean, from...

At 3.40 P.M. on the 4th March, in consequence of signals from the Bock Lighthouse at the entrance of the Mersey, the tubular Life-boat Willie and Arthur started in tow of the steam-tug Wonder for the Pormby Spit. A moderate gale was blowing...

Otra readers, and indeed the public in general, are aware of the complete means that exist around the shores of these islands for effecting communication with stranded and wrecked vessels, in the shape of life- boats, and the rocket and...