LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

The ability of a modern lifeboat to self-right after a capsize is a valuable safety feature, but just how is this achieved? Mike Floyd sets out to explain the principles behind a modern self-righting lifeboat without recourse to diagrams or...

IF any excuse were necessary for again reverting to this subject in these pages, it is assuredly to be found in its importance to all concerned, viz., the owners of ships and cargoes; the various marine insurance and salvage associations;...

WHEN the maritime character of this country is considered, and the liability of a large portion of its population to be at one time or another exposed to the " dangers of the seas," surprise maybe well excited at the facts—that but...

South Eastern District.

CONFERENCES of Life-boat Workers in the South Eastern District were held at St. Leonards-on-Sea (for Branches in Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Kent.

Surrey and Sussex) on 4th and 5th...

LIFE-BOAT crews are generally such experienced boatmen that the necessity for drill is not apparent to them, and the quarterly exercise at some stations is apt to degenerate into a somewhat perfunctory proceeding which does not strike...

THE Duke of Northumberland's Life- boat Essay Competition for elementary schools has been held this year for the fourteenth time. The number of schools taking part was 2,501, an in- crease on last year of 294.

Of this...

AT a press conference held in London on 24th October, Commander F. R. H. Swann, O.B.E., R.N.V.R., Chairman of the R.N.L.I., announced a colourful programme of events to celebrate in 1974 the 150th anniversary of the foundation of the R.N.L.I...

ONE SUNDAY in July I had the great pleasure of meeting lifeboatmen from Blyth, the station on the north east coast of England for which the Rother lifeboat being funded by the Shoreline appeal is destined. Motor Mechanic Colin Cutherbertson,...