LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

Mr. A. G. Cross, F.R.C.S., of Wimbledon, has agreed to be honorary consulting ophthalmologist to the R.N.L.I..

CONTENTS Notes of the Quarter by the Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306 Annual Meeting of the R.N.L.I 308 Yachtsmen's Life-boat Supporters' Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324 Sea Cities of the Future by Arthur Gaunt . . ...

Deaths In the past few months a number of lifeboatmen well known on the coast have passed away.

Ex-Coxswain Harold J. Hayles, B.E.M., who retired from the Yarmouth, I.o.W., life-boat in September, 1971, died in...

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On the 29th of July, 1956, life-boats from Dover and Dungeness, Kent, and Selsey, Sussex, put out to the help of a number of vessels in distress. A full account of these services for which, among other distinctions conferred, the silver...

Boulmer, Northumberland - At 5.30 p.m. on 28th August, 1966, a small boat was reported in difficulties near the reef. At 5.39 the life-boat Robert and Dorothy Hardcastle was launched in a light easterly breeze and a moderate...

Criccieth, Caernarvonshire - At 2.45 p.m. on 6th September, 1966, a speed boat was seen adrift in Criccieth Bay.

There was a fresh westerly breeze with a rough sea. At 3.5 the life-boat Robert Lindsay was launched on an...

Wicklow lifeboat station has a 42ft Watson class lifeboat and has launched on service eight times in 1986. The honorary secretary, Michael Jones (far r), a local chartered accountant and experienced yachtsman, will often receive calls for... - View image in PDF