LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

The requisite qualities of a Life-boat man's lifebelt are— 1. Sufficient extra bouyanoy, 22 Ibs., to support a man heavily clothed, with his head and shoulders above the water, or to enable him to support another person besides...

WHETHER the Shetland Islands were the Ultima Thule of the Romans or whether that term was really applied to Iceland, as many believe, is immaterial to most people living in the " adjacent islands" of Great Britain and Ireland; it...

Celebrating the RNLI family, past and present

Lifeboat baby joins a tale of two stations

Congratulations to RNLI crew members Sharon and Gary, who welcomed baby Jamie (pictured) into the world earlier...

Dunbar, East Lothian.—At 2.30 on the afternoon of the 15th of April, 1957, the Cockburnspath coastguard telephoned a report that a canoe had capsized about four hundred yards from the beach just north of Cock- burnspath. At 2.40 the...

AUGUST 2 6TH. - MARGATE, KENT Intense machine-gun fire had been heard, an aeroplane on fire was seen falling into the sea, and an airman, and then three more airmen, were seen coming down by parachute, but they were picked up by other boats....

The boats of the 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, under the general superintendence of local honorary committees of...

TO OUTLINE ALL the work of the Medical and Survival Committee would take too long, so the following paragraphs will contain accounts of activities selected because they are likely to be of general interest and, where necessary, explanations...

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