LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

IT is with very great regret that we announce the death of Commander Stopford Cyril Douglas, R.N., who had been Deputy Chief Inspector of Lifeboats for the past eight years. He had been ill for several months, had undergone two operations,...

THIS Committee was appointed on the 2nd of May last to enquire into the existing laws and regulations regarding boats, life-buoys and other life-saving gear required to be carried by British merchant ships, and to report if any amendments...

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THE naming ceremony of a new motor life-boat at Ilfracombe, Devon, took place on 16th June. The life-boat is one of the first two of the new surf type, described on page 167. She has cost £2,750, and has been built out of a legacy from...

Mermaid’s purses, pelican feet, hag stones – would you recognise these on the beach? Beachcomber and RNLI volunteering champion Debbie Corke gives us her tips for coastal finds

This summer, you’ll probably be spending some...

BooKS A lifeboating selection to inspire, thrill and ponder Asboville by Danny Rhodes Asboville may not sound like it has any relevance to the RnLi, however a lifeboat crew member plays a key part in this surprising...

IT will have been observed, and doubtless with regret by many of our readers, that in the early part of last month (December, 1866) Government notified their intention of, at least for a season, discontinuing the well-known Storm Warnings to...

THERE has been a Life-boat at Cresswell, on the Northumbrian coast, for the last fifty years. What manner of place it is was described by the then Hon. Secre- tary in an article which appeared in! The Lifeboat in February,...