LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

The requisite qualities of a Life-boat man's lifebelt are— 1. Sufficient extra bouyanoy, 22 Ibs., to support a man heavily clothed, with his head and shoulders above the water, or to enable him to support another person besides...

ONE of the most original and successful efforts on behalf of the funds of the Institution was carried out at Bedford on 27th June. It was an historical pageant organised by the Bedford Rotary Club, and was followed by a military tattoo. The...

The Life-boat in Verse. An anthology covering a hundred years, a commentary by Sir John Gumming and Charles "' the Royal National Life-boat Institution by Hodder Selected with Vince. Published for & Stoughton. 25. 6d.MUCH verse...

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FRESH launched to meet the swelling gale, At morn the gallant ship sets sail; All taut and trim, with canvas gay, Her stemson cleaves the sparkling spray.

The sky is fair—the prosperous breeze Floats...

THE pressure of work thrown on the Board of Trade last year was so great that the Department was unable to issue until the close of the year their very valuable "Abstracts of the Shipping Casualties which occurred on or near the Coasts...

The Life-boat transporting-carriage is a very important auxiliary to the boat.

Nearly every Life-boat, except a few of the larger sizes, is provided with a carriage, on which she is kept in the boat-house ready for...

THE Scottish Life-boat Council which was set up at the Conference held in Edinburgh last January, and which it was decided should meet twice a year, held its first and preliminary meeting, at which it elected its officers, in Edinburgh on...

Wick, Caithness-shire - At 3.22 a.m.

on igth August, 1966, the Danish trawler Robert Schou was reported aground at Proudfoot. There was a light south south westerly breeze with a slight sea. The lifeboat Thomas McCunn, on...