LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

Mr. Augustine Courtauld, the famous explorer, who had been a member of the Committee of Management since 1951, died on the 3rd of March, 1959, at the age of 54. He served on the finance, boat and construction and operations...

Lytham-St. Anne's, Lancashire. At 2.45 on the morning of the 7th of January, 1959, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the Black- pool life-boat was searching for three youths who had drifted out to sea in an...

THE committee of Management of the Royal National Life-boat Institution began to give serious consideration to the use of helicopters for rescuing life at sea in 1948, when trials and demon- strations were carried out. Consider- able...

Hartlepool, Co. Durham. At 5.25 on the afternoon of the 15th August, 1961, the coxswain told the honorary secre- tary that he had been asked whether, because conditions were growing worse, the life-boat could land a working party from a...

Fowey, Cornwall.—At six o'clock on the morning of the 13th of March, 1957, the Polruan coastguard telephoned that a police constable had reported seeing red llares in the direction of Looe Island. At 6.23 the life-boat C.D.E.C., on...

When Seconds count * . * YOUR CREWS WILL BE THANKFUL FOR THE WISE CHOICE OF ELLIOT LIFERAFTS ELLIOT inflatable liferafts are built from the highest quality materials and are assembled with skill and precision. The closest inspection is...

Destined for life-boat stations all over the U.K., the first ever delivery of Martell cognac was recently received at the R.N.L.I. Depot at Borehamwood, Herts. Taken in the depot's rigging loft, the picture shows (left to right)... - View image in PDF

COASTER ON ROCKS At 11.8 p.m. on 27th July, 1971, a German coaster was reported aground north of Staithes.The Runswick, Yorkshire, life-boat The Royal Thames was launched at 11.35. She found the motor vessel Anneliese K aground on Whitestone...