LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

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Falmouth, Cornwall.—At 3.15 in the afternoon of the 7th of August, 1949, a telephone message was received that a converted schooner, the Hispaniola, which was being used by a film com- pany, was dragging her anchor close inshore in the...

It is a relief to be writing my annual message for The Lifeboat as a welcome alternative to sending letters to the editors of the Sunday Telegraph and Private Eye! Many of you will have read the articles in those publications and will share...

THE LIFE-BOAT FLEET 155 Motor Life-boats 1 Harbour Pulling Life-boat LIVES RESCUED from the foundation of the Life-boat Service in 1824 to 30th September, 1955 79,860 Notes of the Quarter THE first good summer which Britain and...

The equipment in everyday use aboard a lifeboat has developed to the point where it has evolved its own jargon, almost as arcane as the language of the sea itself. In this, the first of an occasional series on the technicalities of lifeboats...

Eastbourne, Sussex.—The motor lifeboat Jane Holland was launched at 1.20 P.M. on the 1st December, 1938, as the coastguard had reported that the Royal Sovereign Light-vessel was flying the International Code Signal "U.S."—"May...

SICK MAN FROM LIGHTVESSEL BROUGHT ASHORE The Mumbles, Glamorganshire. At 4.30 on the afternoon of the 10th February, 1963, the honorary secretary received a telephone message from the Superintendent of Trinity House, Swansea, asking for a...

Award of the Silver Medal.

DURING the twelve days from the 21st January to the 1st February. 1937 the worst gales within living memory blew at Aberdeen, and the south break- water of the harbour was washed...