LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

OAIBTEB AND WIHTEBTON NORFOLK,— The Oaister No. 1 Life-boat Covent Garden put off on the 19th September and remained by the stranded steamer Jsis, of Newcastle, as the vessel had a large number of men on board who were discharging the cargo....

NOVEMBER 1ST. - KILLYBEGS, CO. DONEGAL. Flares had been reported twelve miles off, but nothing was found.

This was the first service call received at, this recently established station, where the life-boat arrived on 24th...

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• Cold-water shock can occur within seconds of sudden immersion in cold water, causing a gasping reaction and an increase in blood...

Diana has a sense of humour. As we pull onto her drive she’s standing on the threshold of her Hampshire home laughing at our attempts to park. ‘Mind my rockery,’ she jokes, indicating she doesn’t give two hoots about her...

Andrew Holland, a 13-year-old Sea Scout from Inverkeithing, Fife, undertook a sponsored 28-day camp out last summer to raise funds for his Scout group and the Institution. Andrew had the company of his brother David who camped with him for... - View image in PDF

MYSTERIOUS are the ways of God to man! We would willingly believe, nay, we dare not disbelieve, that God's dealings with man are always just; that whatever direction his journey through life may take, or terminate when or how it may, it...

Seven lifeboat stations involved in 21 hour search for missing anglersA complex service on 14 April 1991 involved all seven lifeboat stations from Dover to Newhaven, lasted 21 hours and involved searching of an area of 3,400 square miles for...

Length 11.77m (38ft 7in) Beam 4m (13ft) Displacement Approx. 14 tons Speed 16 knots Range 140 n. miles Crew 6 Construction Aluminium or FRC. - View image in PDF