LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

• The Pocket Oxford Guide to Sailing Terms has been abridged by Ian Dean- —himself a keen sailor—from the classic work by Peter Kemp, Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea. The slim volume, published by Oxford University Press, price...

Otra readers, and indeed the public in general, are aware of the complete means that exist around the shores of these islands for effecting communication with stranded and wrecked vessels, in the shape of life- boats, and the rocket and...

Coxswain George Lisle of Tyne- mouth died on the 6th of December, 1959, at the age of 80. He first joined the Tynemouth crew in 1921. He was second coxswain from 1925 to 1938 and then coxswain for four years. He was awarded the bronze medal...

And the manner in which they indicate to the vessel which sees them the position and 1 description of the vessel that carries them.

When both Red and Green Lights are seen: A. sees a red and green light ahead ;—A, knows...

NOVEMBER 28TH. - BARRA ISLAND, HEBRIDES. A steamer had been seen in difficulties entering Castlebay harbour, but she did not need the life-boat’s help. - Rewards, £13 14s. 6d..

' For if the trumpet give an uncertain sound, who shall prepare himself to the battle ?" UNTIL the year 1873, vast as were the interests at stake, there was no recognised system of night signals to be shown by vessels in distress...

Nearly saved . . . by a motor lifeboat I was interested in the feature 'Saved by a motor lifeboat', which appeared in the Winter 1996 issue of The Lifeboat.

There is an interesting story pertaining to this film - I...

LAST year Life-boat Day in Greater London felt on the first day of the General Strike. Over £2,700 was collected, a large sum in such exceptionally difficult circumstances, but not half what it Lad been toped to raise. This year a...