LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

THE life-boat service can look back with both satisfaction and gratitude on the year 1963 as a whole. Life-boats saved no fewer than 354 lives; the new inshore rescue boats saved 10 lives, and 224 lives were saved by shore- boats in services...

Turning turf into money If your branch has a small racecourse in its territory it can be a money spinner.

I say small because our branch also has a large course within its boundaries, but as a fund raising area it is dead...

The award-winning British 34-footer." Sadler 34. The Sadler 34 is a rather special performance cruiser.

For one thing, she's British through and through.

For another, she's quite unsinkable. A...

ROYAL FESTIVAL HALL, TUESDAY MAY 16 TRIUMPH IN THE FACE OF A MOST TESTING WINTER 'GOOD MORNING, AND WELCOME . . .' The annual general meeting of governors of the RNLI, held this year for the first time in the Purcell Room of the...

Persons Time of rescued from 1931. Launching. shipwreck.

Jan. 6. 7.15 a.m. S.S. Nurtureton, of Newcastle. Dungeness No. 1 Pulling and Sail- ing Life-boat stood by vessel.

„ 12. 5.0 p.m. Motor fishing...

LANDING AN INJURED MAN Teesmouth, Yorkshire.—On the morning of the 1st of June, 1947, a wireless message came from the S.S.

Fort Ellice that she wished to land a man with a broken leg and other injuries. The case was...

Need some inspiration for your Summer reading list? Here’s a collection of books that celebrate the skills and endurance needed to master our planet’s expansive oceans

For adventurers
Across the Arctic Ocean –...

HER MAJESTY Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, Patron of the Institution, will be the guest of honour at this year's annual presentation of awards meeting on May 15. She will address the meeting and present the awards for gallantry and...