LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

THE Return of the Registrar-general of Seamen, recently published, shows that during the past year 413,972 vessels—representing a tonnage of nearly 62 millions— entered inwards and cleared outwards from British ports. The estimated value of...

Each year, as supporters of the RNLI make their way home from the Institution's annual meeting and presentation of awards, there is a feeling that surely the achievements of that year cannot be bettered.

Yet, each year...

Awards at Herne Bay and The Gugh, Isles of Scilly.

THE Institution has made special awards for two acts of individual gallantry in saving life at sea. one by Mr. Frank Holness, of Herne Bav, the other by Mrs. G. B. Bond,...

A LETTER of commendation signed by the Secretary of the Institution, Mr.

Stirling Whorlow, O.B.E., was sent to Coxswain A. E. V. Cadman, D.S.M., and the crew of the Dover life-boat on the part they played in rescuing seven...

WE have, on a previous page, given an account of the loss of valuable lives occasioned by an accident to a life-boat. The following is an interesting'and affecting narrative of the loss of a valuable life, illustrative of another phase...

William Archibald Rowe died on 30th July, 1963, after his boat had struck a rock. He swam ashore, and a member of the Coverack crew gave him first aid. He was taken to hospital by helicopter but died there.

He had been an...

AT the end of November, 1920, the American three-masted sailing ship Marion Chilcott sailed from Denmark for St. Thomas, West Indies. When she was a few days out she met with very thick weather and strong south-easterly gales. She was driven...

INTERNATIONAL BOAT SHOW Three hundred and twenty-one new members enrolled at the Association desk at the International Boat Show. This was an encouraging start for the New Year and it was particularly gratifying to note that over 80 per cent...