LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

THE C.A.C. is hoping to arrange a crossword puzzle for inclusion in the Journal. At the time of going to press plans had not been finalised but further details will be given in the July issue.

Many people gave up weekend...

NOVEMBER and DECEMBER 1990 JANUARY and FEBRUARY 1991 Aberdeen, Grampian 54ft Arun ON 1050: December 12 and January 13 Aberdovey, Gwynedd Atlantic 21: November 10, 17 and December 30 Aith, Shetland 52ft Arun ON 1100: November 2 Aldeburgh,...

Ramsey, Isle of Man.—At 12.45 on the afternoon of the 25th of August, 1956, the coastguard reported that a motor fishing vessel anchored about three miles east-north-east of Ramsey harbour was burning red flares. At one o'clock the...

On the night of Sunday May 28 Bridlington ILB launched to go to the yacht Pinkers ablaze in North Bay. The yacht's crew of nine had taken to their dinghy but could not propel her and both boats were drifting together with wind and tide.... - View image in PDF

• The Pocket Oxford Guide to Sailing Terms has been abridged by Ian Dean- —himself a keen sailor—from the classic work by Peter Kemp, Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea. The slim volume, published by Oxford University Press, price...

THE R.N.L.I. has had a long association with firms at Cowes on the Isle of Wight in the construction of life-boats. The earliest life-boats were built by S. E. Saunders and later Messrs. J. Samuel White. Today life-boat construction is...

JANUARY 16TH. - MARGATE, RAMSGATE.

AND WALMER. KENT. At 9.30 P.M. a message was received at Margate from the Margate coastguard that an Italian steamer was sinking close to the North Goodwin Light-vessel. A strong N.E. wind...

JUST A YEAR AGO—that was when the appeal to raise the cost of a Rother class lifeboat to be named Shoreline was first launched. And what has happened in those twelve months? Well, for a start, membership has risen by neatly a third, from...