LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

ON THE NIGHT of December 9, 1886, the German barque Mexico, bound from Liverpool for Guayaquil, Ecuador, with a general cargo and a crew of 12, was wrecked in the Ribble Estuary on the north west coast of England.

Three...

Reproduction of a Painting by Mr. Charles Dixon, R.I.

As in previous years, the Institution is issuing this autumn a Life-boat Calendar for next year. We feel that there is no better way of keeping the work of the...

Awards at Herne Bay and The Gugh, Isles of Scilly.

THE Institution has made special awards for two acts of individual gallantry in saving life at sea. one by Mr. Frank Holness, of Herne Bav, the other by Mrs. G. B. Bond,...

On the role:

L: ‘I’m immensely proud of Gary’s role with the RNLI and am behind him 110%. I believe the commitment has to be from the families as well or it’s not possible to do it.’ G: ‘I’ve now been on the crew for 17...

Dr. TROLLOPE, of Hastings, has forwarded the following interesting communication, in reply to a request from the Committee of the NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION, on a case of drowning which he successfully treated on the MARSHALL HALL method...

By DON PEDRO DE NOVO Y COLSON, General Secretary of the Sociedad Espanola de Salvamento de Naufragos.

THE Society was founded in December, 1880 (under the patronage of H.M. Queen Dona Maria Cristina, its first protecting...

During the afternoon of Thursday 24 July 2008, Teignmouth’s Atlantic 85 lifeboat The Two Annes launched in dreadful conditions to search for two swimmers, a 15-year-old boy and his father, missing from the beach. A full complement of four...

Building into the millennium Shoreworks manager Howard Richings reaches the final leg of his epic voyage - travelling from Aith, in the Shetland Islands, to Eyemouth on the Scottish mainland.It is appropriate that we commence the final leg...