LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

A RECRUIT, on entering the French army, is early taught to swim. Water, when it becomes familiar, is the best of friends.

Soldiers have been known to march fifteen miles further (after a long march) under a sultry sun,...

The boats of the NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION, and all belonging to them, are kept in roomy and substantial boat-houses, under lock and key, in charge of paid coxswains, under the general superintendence of local honorary committees of...

The boats of the NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION, and all belonging to them, are kept In roomy and substantial boat-houses, under lock and key, in charge of paid coxswains, under the general superintendence of local honorary committees of...

THE BEST WEATHER CLOTHING IN THE WORLD AIRFLOW COAT JACKET & LIGHTWEIGHT JACKETS ARE WATEPPPOOF & FREE COMOerNJBATIOlM FROrV ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE BOAT INSTITUTION letter of 28 February 1974 from Assistant Superintendent (Stores) •...

Reigate and Redhill branch has suffered the loss of its president and both vice-presidents in less than a year: Cdr J. D. Walters, RN, was chairman during the 1939 to 1945 war and was subsequently president. George A. Hodgkins, a...

Sailboard out in force 8 MICHAEL TIGHE, a crew member of Sunderland's 16ft D class inflatable lifeboat, was near the lifeboathouse onthe afternoon of Sunday November 4, 1984, when he was told that a board sailor was in trouble near...

In an Raises money every time you spend* emergency No annual fee our volunteers Interest - free period of up to 56 days rely on this Up to £100 cash back on transferred balances from other credit and store cards** piece of plastic...

Yacht saved by shore helpers ILFRACOMBE LIFEBOAT, the 37ft Oakley class Lloyds II, had launched to a yacht in difficulties in an east-north-easterly gale on the night of Friday June 20, 1986. With the help of a local sand dredger Arco Tamar...