LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

SHIPS' BOATS : THEIR QUALITIES, CON- STRUCTION, EQUIPMENT AND LAUNCH- ING APPLIANCES. By Ernest W.

Blocksidge, M.I.N.A. (Longmans, Green & Co. 25.?. net.) Reviewed by FELIX RUBIE, M.I.N.A., Surveyor of...

ON the night of 1st November, 1919, the North Deal Life-boat was launched the rescue of an Esthonian three- masted schooner, the Toogo, which was, wrecked on the Goodwin Sands.

A whole gale was blowing, which rose times to...

When a life-boat bridge tournament was held recently in a Dublin hotel, several supporters extended the scope of it to neighbouring counties by asking friends to play at tables in their houses.

The players at these tables...

The 175th year looking back After a remarkable year the 175th anniversary programme formally ends at the 2000 London Boat Show.

There was more total media coverage of the RNLI's birthday in one day on 4 March than in...

THE last Wreck Register of the British Isles published by the Board of Trade continues to tell the same sad tale of fearful disasters at sea as of yore, last year claiming 3,002 as haying occurred in the seas and on the coasts of the United...

Relief fleet - D ciass City of Peterborough A new D class lifeboat funded by money raised from a special appeal in the Peterborough area, and organised by the local Peterborough branch, was officially handed over and dedicated in a ceremony...

There’s something about Dartmouth, Devon, that keeps people coming back. Many are content to walk the narrow streets down to the picturesque shore of the River Dart, still guarded by the 15th-century castle that gazes out to sea. Others like...

Eyemouth.—Shortly before noon on the 6th March, when a whole S.S.E. . gale was blowing, the Coastguard re- j ported that a vessel was in distress off j St. Abbs Head, and in urgent need of j assistance. The Eyemouth Life-boat | Anne Frances...