LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

The boats of the ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION and all belonging to them are kept in roomy and substantial boat-houses, under lock and key, in charge of paid coxswains, tinder the general superintendence of local honorary committees...

CREW SEASICK At 12.42 p.m. on 26th June, 1965, the coastguard reported that the coaster S.S.

Crichtown was towing a small motor cruiser north of Whitby Buoy. At i.io a further message was received requesting the life-boat...

By KATHLEEN WILLMOTT (aged 13J), of S. John Baptist Girls' School, Frome, Somerset.

What are the Qualities of the Life-boatman which make him an Example of Good Citizenship ? OUR small island home is the central jewel...

Two hundred and thirty children were entertained at this, the fourth Christmas party, given by the staff at th Storeyard .it Poplar, with the help of *he staff at Headquarters, to poor children of the district. In addition i was given, at... - View image in PDF

RESCUE craft of the R.N.L.I. were launched on service more often in 1964 than in any other year since the Institution was founded in 1824. The number of launches by life-boats was 929 and by inshore rescue boats 238. Lives saved by...

As it is to fishermen that we must look in most cases to man our life-boats in time of need, it seems desirable to place on record in the pages of this Journal, the number of fishing-boats at each station around the coasts of England, and...

(See Diagrams on next page.) The following figures show the general form, the nature of the fittings and air-chambers of one of these boats, 33 feet in length and 8 feet in breadth. In figs. 1 and 2, the elevation and deck plans, the general...

The following figures show the general form, the nature of the fittings and air-chambers of one of these boats, 33 feet in length and 8 feet in breadth. In figs. 1 and 2, the elevation and deck plans, the general exterior form of the boat is...