LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

A sense of new beginnings makes Spring a good season for the naming ceremonies of new lifeboats and this year was no exception.

Namings included D class lifeboats for Fowey, Redcar, Clifden, Aldeburgh and the relief fl eet...

The 17m fishing vessel Crystal Sea was returning to harbour with a catch at 3am on 22 November when she hit rocks north of Howth Head.

As she sank, her crew of four jumped onto the rocks, where they activated their...

WEST MERSEA | 26 MAY
A van driver was forced to climb onto the roof of his vehicle and await rescue when the tide rose around him. He was trying to drive out to Osea Island, off the Essex coast. ‘The...

WITH THE placing of an order for two new steel life-boats, the first of their kind, the R.N.L.I.'s major programme of new construction has been significantly advanced. The two new boats, which are each 50 feet in length, are being built...

HE rose at dawn, and, flushed with hope, Shot o'er the seething harbour-bar, And reached the ship and caught the rope, And whistled to the morning star.

And while on deck he whistled loud, He heard a fierce mermaiden...

Adapted by THOMAS GBAY (1868), from the " Heart of Oak," by DAVID GAEEICK (1759). if-uar- — — . -j. 7 - -m-'-m- res ! see ! they are off, though dear friends bid them stay, 5rave boat, 'neath their still braver hearts...

The following drawings show the general outline and principal fittings of the different types of Life-boats used in the Institution's service. Figure 1 gives the profile or broadside view. Fig. 2 the " plan " or deck view. Fig....

The following drawings show the general outline and principal fittings of the different types of Life-boats used in the Institution's service. Figure 1 gives the profile or broadside view. Fig. 2 the " plan " or deck view. Fig....