LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

Aith, Shetland*, and Droughty Ferry, Dundee.

Two naming ceremonies of new motor life-boats took place in Scotland during September, at Aith in the Shetlands and Broughty Ferry, Dundee. Both life- boats were the gifts of...

Miss TAYLOR, of Hauxley, has been presented with the Coxswain's Certificate of Service which would have been awarded to her late father, GEORGE TAYLOR, Coxswain at Hauxley for twenty years, on his retirement, had he not, unfortunately,...

The image of the RNLI affects almost every aspect of its operation. Without a high profile in the public eye the task of the fundraisers is made more difficult.

Concepts form at an early age, and the way youngsters perceive...

IT may be that the great war that is now raging will be known to posterity as the " Petrol War," from the fact that petrol engines have been employed for warlike purposes to an extent that was never even dreamed of by those who...

South Western Division Danish coaster capsized RAME HEAD Coastguard reported Plymouth deputy launching authority 1403 on January 16 that the Danish coaster Merc Enterprise was in serious difficulties 23 miles south of Plymouth breakwater,...

IN an article dealing with the Board of Trade returns of the shipping disasters during the year ended 30th June, 1903, a newspaper, whilst showing much appreciation of the work done by the ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITU- TION, and in a...

GOLD MEDAL SERVICE AT ARRANMORE DECEMBER 7TH. - ARRANMORE, CO. DONEGAL. In the early morning a message was received at the lifeboat station on Arranmore Island, off the north-west coast of Ireland, that a vessel, in convoy, had gone on a...

It is a comfort to know . . .

On Sunday October 22, I was a guest aboard Yarmouth lifeboat when she was required to answer the tragic call in Christchurch Bay. Although the sea was quiet at the time, I must say that I was...