LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

MORTAR for MAROONS.

This Signal Maroon has been adopted by the Institution in place of the Rocket Distress Signal because:

1. As there is no metal in its construction the danger of an accident through...

JUNE 18TH. - CROMER, NORFOLK. During the morning a small boat with five boys on board was seen two miles N.N.E. from the life-boat station. A moderate S.S.W. breeze was blowing, with a choppy sea. The boat was kept under observation and at 1...

NOVEMBER 15TH. - NEW BRIGHTON, CHESHIRE. At 12.17 P.M. the Mersey Docks Board reported to the life-boat authorities that a steamer had sunk near the Gamma Buoy.. A S.E. breeze was blowing and the sea was smooth. The No. 1 motor life-boat...

Your guide to what's been going on in the world of the RNLI

Our Annual General Meeting (AGM) is on the road again this year – 2017’s event will be at the Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre in Glasgow on Thursday...

We’re very sorry, but at the time of going to print, we were having technical difficulties with gathering the list of launches. This means we are unable to print the list in the usual way this time. We’re very sorry for any inconvenience.<...

A selection of lifeboat services from around the country Wells East Division Three saved .from stranded vessel Aservice to a fishing vessel in gale force winds, darkness, shallow water and heavy breaking seas has earned Wells lifeboat...

An event for every tasteRNLI doesn't mean that you have to organise your own event. Maybe you fancy something a little different or physically demanding?The RNLI is involved in hundreds of fun and action-packed fundraising events...

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Body Plan. Midship Section.

The accompanying figures show the general form, the nature of the fittings, and air-chambers of one of these boats, 33 feet in length and 8 feet in breadth. In figs. 1 and...