LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

FOR the rescue of four men from the m.f.v. Jaroma, a letter of thanks, signed by the Chairman of the R.N.L.I., Admiral Sir Wilfrid Woods, G.B.E., K.C.B., D.s.o., has been addressed to Coxswain Alfred Manning and the crew of the Margate, Kent...

Mr John Skellorn, of the Gravesend Sailing Club, gives a tip about raising money by paperboat racing.

He writes: 'As far as we know, only Belfleet yacht club and ourselves have organised paperboat racing. It started...

THE Annual Meeting was held at the Central Hall, Westminster, on the 24th of October, 1947. Sir Godfrey Baring, Bt., chairman of the Committee of Management, presided, supported by the Mayor and Mayoress of Westminster, Lady Nathan, Chairman...

ON March llth, through the kindness of the British Broadcasting Corporation, Major-General the Right Hon. Lord Mottistone, P.C., C.B., C.M.G., D.S.O.

(Major-General Seely), coxswain of the Brooke, Isle of Wight,...

FOR many years past we have been in the habit of making a few remarks on the Wreck Register, prepared by the Board of Trade, and presented to Parliament and we have done so principally with the view of directing attention to the loss of life...

For the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck.

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H.R.H. THE DUCHESS OF KENT, President of the Institution, paid a visit to the West Country in May, 1952, and named the new life-boats at the Port of Plymouth and at Padstow.

The Port of Plymouth had a life- boat station as...

Don't guess - Marinecall It's often said that the British are fixated with the weather and sailors are positively obsessed with it - and rightly so.

make it easier to get that all-important weather forecast, RNLI...