LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

THE full record of the life-boat service in the past year was a truly remarkable one. In no other year since the Institu- tion was founded in 1824 have life-boats been called out so often to vessels in distress at sea. The total number of...

• The first lifeboat in the Penzance area was built in 1803 to Henry Greathead's design, purchased by local subscription and a donation from Lloyd's.

Unfortunately, the early initiative faded and the boat was sold...

ONE OF THE CHARACTERISTICS of inflatable and semi-rigid boats which makes them particularly suitable for rescue work at sea is their inherent stability; and the lower in the water they are, with their wetted beam increased, the greater their...

THREE motor life-boats have been built at Cowes, under the supervision of the Institution, for the Belgian Life-boat Service, which is maintained by the Ministry of Communications. All thre.e are Watson cabin boats, 46 feet 9 inches long, ...

XXXI.—ST. DAVID'S.

Augusta, 32 feet long, 7 feet 6 inches beam, 10 oars The Augusta was stationed at St. David's in 1869 her cost being subscribed by the Earl of Dart- mouth's tenantry in Staffordshire and...

POHTHDINLLAEN, NORTH WALES. At ,' 11 o'clock on the night of the 6th Sept., j 1884, the coxswain of the Life-boat, took up his station at the watch-house, j so as to be in readiness should the ser-vices of the boat be required, as...

REFERENCE has been made before in The Life-boat to the way in which old age continues to help the life-boats.

There are five more very touching examples of such service.

A Croydon lady 79 years old has...

European • Gibraltar 15 days Sailing direct from Falmouth, 22nd December 2006 7 ports of call: Vigo, Gibraltar, Casablanca, Lanzarote, Gran Canaria, Tenerife & Madeira Soak up the sun at a selection of fabulous ports of call, enjoy a...