LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

The requisite qualities of a life-boatman's life-belt t'l are — ; ft- .-,:r X. 1. Sufficient extra buoyancy (maximum 28 Ibs., 1...

CLASS Fishing boats - all types Motor vessels, steamers, barges, motor boats, etc.

Sailing yachts, sailing dinghies, sailing boats, motor cruisers and motor yachts Aircraft f Small boats, canoes, rubber dinghies,...

THK ton highest remittances received from Branches during the year 1st October, 1919, to 30th September, 1920, are JIB follows:— ±. (/ City of London Liverpool Bradford .

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TROON, SCOTLAND. —The schooner Mistletoe, of Brixham, bound from Saffi, N. Africa, for Irvine, with a cargo of beans, went ashore on Lady Island, on the night of the 6th September. On the following day a strong gale sprung up from the S.W.,...

THORPENESS, SUFFOLK.—The Life-boat Ipswich put off at 1 A.M. on the 4th November, flares having been shown by a vessel during a gale from the S.S.W. and a heavy sea, and brought safely ashore the crew consisting of six men, of the schooner...

In response i| to a telephone message at 3.45 P.M. on ! the 17th January, stating that a vessel | was ashore at Sizewell with her crew in the rigging, the No. 1 Life-boat Alfred Gorry was launched. She found the schooner Voorwaarts, of...

DURING 1938 life-boat flag days were held by 772 of the 1,072 branches of the Institution, seven fewer than the record number of 1937. The amount collected on those days was £43,839 which was the largest total since 1930, and an...