LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

THE forecasting of storms and weather- changes is generally supposed to be wrapped in mystery, md the rules which have from time to time been laid down for the assistance of the would-be fore- caster, to say the least, only experimental,...

Anchor dragged A RADIO MESSAGE from the charter boat Aqua-Manda, that the ex-naval cutter Overdraft II had run out of fuel and dragged her anchor and was drifting with two people on board, was reported to the honorary secretary of Clactonon-...

The sailor's word-book By Admiral WH Smyth Published by Conway Maritime Press ISBN 0851779727 paperback Price £9.99 Although first published in 1867, this digest of nautical terms is far more than just a period piece and should...

DUKE ALFRED. — " Really, Mr. PLIMSOLL., we're both in the same boat. You want seaworthy ships ; I want seaworthy men ; — and we'll try and get them." See DUKE OF EDINBURGH'S speach at...

Jan. 2.—Voted the Silver Medal of the Institution and 51. to Mr. THOMAS ADAMS, the master of the smack Volunteer, of Harwich. Also the Silver Medal and 21. to each of the 5 men who went off in the smack's boat to the wreck; and the...

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It was stated in our first Number that a part of the plan of this Journal would be to place on record deeds of gallantry in saving life from shipwreck, as an example and en- couragement to others " to go and do like- wise;" and...

D CLASS VEERED DOWN IN CONFUSED SEAS Family of five snatched to safety from base of cliff on rising tide A service by Little and Broad Haven's D class on 23 September 1995 to a family stranded at the base of a cliff on a rising tide has...