LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

As we turned back our clocks at the end of October, many of us braced ourselves for the arrival of St Jude: a storm named after the patron saint of desperate cases

It was expected to be the...

Walmer and Deal, Kent.—A Branch of the National Life-Boat Institution, under the above title, has been recently founded at Walmer, and a 30-feet; life-boat, on Mr. PEAKE'S plan, perfectly equipped both for sailing and rowing, and...

BLAKENEY, NORFOLK.—The NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION has recently stationed a life-boat at Blakeney, at the north extremity of Norfolk, at which place a crew of fishermen perished last year in attempting to rescue a shipwrecked crew. This...

APRIL MEETING MONTROSE, ANGUS. At about 10 in the morning of the 24th March, 1942, the lifeboat coxswain and two other men were about to enter harbour in a motor boat, when they saw an aeroplane fall into the sea. The sea was smooth and a...

Overall length 33ft Oin Waterline length 27ft 6in Maximum beam 12ft Oin Loaded draught Aft 3in Displacement 8'/2 tons Engines Twin Caterpillar 3208 naturally aspirated marine diesels with twin disc MG506 2:1 reduction gearboxes Power 203...

THE Annual Meeting was held at the Central Hall, Westminster, on the 24th of October, 1947. Sir Godfrey Baring, Bt., chairman of the Committee of Management, presided, supported by the Mayor and Mayoress of Westminster, Lady Nathan, Chairman...

Mr John Skellorn, of the Gravesend Sailing Club, gives a tip about raising money by paperboat racing.

He writes: 'As far as we know, only Belfleet yacht club and ourselves have organised paperboat racing. It started...

BIDEFORD.—A new life-boat 34 feet long, and fitted to row either with six oars singlebanked, or twelve short oars double-banked, has been placed at Appledore, near Bideford, in lieu of a smaller one previously there. The cost of the boat was...