LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

Jan. 10.—Voted an aneroid barometer to Mr. Gr. H. WARD, master of the Trinity pilot cutter Alpha, and 10s. each to three of the crew for putting off in a boat from the cutter and rescuing ten of the crew of H.M. yawl Hind, which had stranded...

Abigail revisited Readers of the Winter 2003/04 edition of the Lifeboat may remember a letter from Alan Jones recounting his airlift from the yacht Abigail with a suspected heart attack. He wrote with some embarrassment at eventually being...

AMONG the numerous models sent in for competition for the Northumberland Prize in 1850 there were no less than twenty-one varieties of Life-rafts, some supported by one cylinder, but more by two; some by closed canoes; some by a boat divided...

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Stilgoeing strong On 5 March Riegate and Redhill branch and guild held an Anniversary Dinner at Reigate Manor Hotel.

Nearly 120 people attended the event and guest of honour was entertainer and High Sheriff of Surrey,...

THE accompanying tabular statement clearly shows the important character of the services rendered by the life-boats of the NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION.

It will be seen that during the year (1862) which has just closed,...

LYNMOUTH, NORTH DEVON.—Telegrams were received at about 7 P.M. on the 12th January asking for assistance to a vessel showing signals of distress off Grore Point.

Almost immediately after the messages had been received the...

A Startling Compendium of Facts, Feats and Figures THE COUNTRY LIFE BOOK OF NAUTICAL TERMS UNDER SAIL An illustrated guide to the language of the great sailing ships and the men aboard them Fascinating, unusual, and always with a sound...