LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

IN our last Number we gave a summary of this most important Bill, which we trust will be consummated as the " Merchant Shipping Act, 1870," in the next Session of Parliament.

We likewise commented on those...

EIGHT new motor life-boats were named during the summer of 1949, two on the English coast, at Swanage and East- bourne, three on the Welsh coast, at New Quay (Cardigan), Barmouth, and Porthdinllaen, two in Northern Ireland, at Portrush and...

IT is our pleasing duty to record, from time to time, the rewards which are conferred on our Life-boatmen by the rulers of foreign countries.

The latest instance is a gracious act on the part of H.M. the King of Norway in...

ACCOMMODATION BROADSTONE. Close to Poole with sailing and fishing in the famous harbour. Miles of safe, sandy beaches, dunes and cliffs. Golf 250 yards, ride, walk or just relax in small hotel with comfort, good food and friendly atmosphere....

NOVEMBER 17TH.. - HASTINGS, SUSSEX.

At 9.5 in the morning the coastguard telephoned that a naval landing craft between Hastings and Fairlight was making bad weather. Seventeen minutes later he reported distress signals from...

WITH the view if still farther recognising long, faithful and good service in the Life-boat cause, the Committee of Management of the ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION introduced on the 1st January 1 last a pension and gratuity scheme,...

• The Inflatable Boat Book by Kendall McDonald and Malcolm Todd (Pelham Books, £3.75) provides a useful instruction reference for all inflatable boat users and covers a wide field in the present production lines available on the...

RNLI lifeboats have a nominal working life of some 20 years, so when the Institution's current slipway-launched lifeboats reach the end of their twodecades of work in 2003 there will be an obvious need to replace them - but what should...