LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

AT Dover is stationed the only motor life-boat of this type, specially designed for the special conditions of the Straits, across which there is not only the heavy passenger steamer traffic, but a con- siderable daily traffic by aeroplanes,...

WORLDWIDE, AN ESTIMATED 372,000 PEOPLE DROWN EVERY YEAR

In too many countries, drowning is the leading killer of children. It affects the poorest in our world first and worst: people caught in the rhythms of everyday life...

On the 4th March, the schooner Doddtngtan, of Dumfries, was obliged, in consequence of the severity of the weather, to ran for Ayr Harbour, when she struck on the Nicholas Bock, This rock is about four hundred yards from the south pier, and...

The air is heavy with the unmistakable smell of sawn timber and Stockholm tar and jangles gently to the sound of a distant bandsaw as I watch a boatbuilder ease a plank into place around the gaunt frames of an 18ft launch under construction....

30 years, 250 rescues later Tom Robertson, the honorary secretary of the Queensferry lifeboat station, received a presentation of binoculars and a certificate at the annual general meeting of the RNLI in Scotland, for 30 years'...

AT 6.25 in the morning of the 9th October, 1939, the Cronier coxswain learned through the Humber radio and the coastguard that a vessel had gone ashore on Haisborough Sands, thirteen miles to the east. A breeze was blowing with increasing...

A replica of Greathead's 'Original' lifeboat made of flowers was used by Lowestoft ladies' guild at the RNLI anniversary ball and Church service in March. The guild raises over £3,000 annually for branch... - View image in PDF

The Life-boat transporting-carriage is a "very important auxiliary to the boat.

Every Life-boat, except a few of the larger size, is provided with a, carriage, on which she is kept in the boat-house ready for...