LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

Newhaven, Sussex. At 1.20 a.m. on 29th October, 1965, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that red flares had been sighted two miles south of the Breakwater. The life-boat Kathleen Mary was launched at 1.33 in a strong westerly breeze...

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 requisite qualities of a Life-boat man's life- belt are— 1. Sufficient extra buoyancy, 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...

The crew can do their job because people like you use a Lifeboats MasterCard.

To save lives at sea our brave crews have to be well-trained and well-equipped.

This is why we need you, with a Lifeboats...

RNLI Andy Huggelt: 2nd coxswain ana deputy mechanic. Eastbourne lifeboat.

He'll face 30ft waves, force 9 gales and sub-zero temperatures.

All you face is an application form.

Every...

LIMITED EDITION SIGNED PRINTS COMMEMORATING A GREAT BRITISH TRADITION H.M.S. ARK ROYAL AND MORNING CLOUD ery few limited edition prints have received as much praise aroused such interest as these splendid examples of man's endurance...

RSV aground 'WE CANNOT hold out much longer—• bumping heavily.' It was 0520 on January 12, just five minutes after extension trawler, now rig safety vessel, Spearfish reported to the Coastguard at Lerwick,Shetland Islands, that she...

Pool in the pool! Competitors cued up in sub aqua equipment to take the plunge after two full-size tables were lowered into Crosby swimming pool. Spectators watched through special viewing holes below the waterline and many joined in the fun... - View image in PDF