LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

Cromer, and Sheringham, Norfolk.—On the morning of the 2nd April the fishing boats John Robert and White Rose, of Cromer, and Little Madge, of Sheringham, each with a crew of two, put to sea in fine weather. The weather changed, and at about...

IN our August Number we inserted a Paper by ADMIRAL RIDER on the great advantage that would accrue if the ham- mocks in ships of -war could be made to serve as life-buoys, in the event of a ship suddenly foundering; more especially as in...

Immediate thanks On Wednesday December 10, 1980, our diving boat Kermit, named after a famous frog, decided to roll over on her back in an attempt to swim like her namesake. She found, however, that although in this position floating was...

Launches 35 Lives rescued 8 JULY 8TH. - WALMER, KENT. At 7.46 in the morning the Deal coastguard reported that a four-engined bombing aeroplane, belonging to the R.A.F., had crashed in the sea about two and three-quarter miles east of the...

On the night of the 16th February, the Greek brig San Spiridione, of Galaxide, coal laden, was driven ashore in Tramore Bay, in a south gale. As she made no signals of distress, her dangerous position ^was not seen from the shore until...

The Life-boat transporting-carriage is a very important auxiliary to the boat.

Nearly every Life-boat, except a few of the larger sizes, is provided with a carriage, on which she is kept in the boat-house ready for...

A competition, open to secondary schoolboys and schoolgirls under the age of sixteen, for an essay on the subject of the Life-boat Service was held this year. The competition had been held regularly before the war, but it had not been...

In this issue there are reports of four inshore lifeboat services to people cut off by the tide or trapped in cliffs or caves; it is a type of service for which ILBs are admirably suited but which may have to be carried out in hazardous... - View image in PDF