LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

HUNGRY BUT FIT Plymouth, Devon. At 9.10 a.m. on 2Oth February, 1964, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a cutter had been moored off Tregonhawke cliff for three days and that they were going to investigate. Half an hour later...

ON SUNDAY AUGUST 12 Derek Scott, BEM, coxswain of The Mumbles lifeboat, made an appeal on behalf of the RNLI on BBC Radio 4. The text of the appeal, in response to which more than £11,200 has already been received, is given below:...

PRIZEWINNERS in the eighth RNLI national lottery, which raised nearly £22,500, were drawn at Poole headquarters on Wednesday April 30 by John Piper. Well known as a broadcaster on Radio Solent, John Piper has been appointed as regional...

JUNE 20TH. - DUNGENESS, KENT. At 2.55 A.M. information was received from the Dover naval authorities that a torpedoed steamer was lying helpless two miles east of D u n g e n e s s . A f r e s h E . N . E . w i n d w a s blowing, with a...

AUGUST 23RD. - PORT ERIN, ISLE OF MAN At 11.35 A.M. information was received through the police that a British aeroplane was in the sea off Dalby. A moderate westerly breeze was blowing, with a moderate sea. At 12.10 P.M. the motor life-boat...

SEPTEMBER 24TH. - MARGATE, KENT.

At 12.2 in the morning the coastguard reported that cries for help could be heard off the coastguard lookout. A fresh westerly breeze was blowing, with a choppy sea. The motor life-boat The...

FOR SWIMMERS
Swell
by Jenny Landreth
For centuries, women in the water fell into three categories: mermaids luring sailors to their doom, witches being dunked, and those of questionable moral fibre. This fun...

THANKS 0 We would like to thank you for the copy of THE LIFE-BOAT. We have regularly received free ones over the years and feel that, owing to increased costs, we would like to help meet this as we always take a great interest in the work of...