LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

Lytham-St. Annes, Lancashire. — At 5.21 on the afternoon of the 25th of July, 1955, the Formby coastguard tele- phoned that the motor ship Ferm, of Grimstad, Norway, which was out- ward bound, had wirelessed that a member of her crew had...

DIVE IN FOR A SPLASHING GREAT TIME RNLI supporters are usually too concerned with events on the sea's surface to wonder about whotjfalit be happening down below the waves.

Exploring the magical world fTenwnh the surface...

• 'In the lifeboat service people are all important.' With this, the opening sentence of his foreword, Patrick Howarth sets the pattern of his latest and most intriguing book on the RNLI, Lifeboats and Lifeboat People (White Lion...

For the first time in decades, the RNLI has a new award for lifeboat crew members and lifeguards Sitting alongside the traditional Gallantry Medals, Thanks on Vellum and Framed Letters of Thanks is now the Framed Certificate for First Aid....

DECEMBER 28TH. - ALDEBURGH, SUFFOLK.

At 11.13 in the morning, the coastguard reported that North Foreland Radio had received an SOS call from the S.S.

Empire Gatehouse, formerly the German steamer Jutland....

ADVERTISEMENT Volvo and the RNLIHistpry in the Making "The basis for everything we do at Volvo is, and must remain, safety and care"- Gustaf Larson, Swedish engineer and co-founder of tolvo, 1927.

This principle...

20p per word; Minimum 10 words FUND RAISING Advertising pencils, superb ballpens, combs, diaries, each gold stamped Lifeboat name, etc., raise funds, quickly easily. Bran Tub Toys: samples from Northern Novelties, Bradford BD1...

NOVEMBER 27TH. - NEWCASTLE, CO. DOWN. Red flares had been reported, but nothing could be found. - Rewards, £42 8s..