LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

Self-righting.—I come now to the explanation of a property which, by comparison, is a novel one, although more than two-thirds of the life-boats in the United Kingdom are now provided with it,— a property the value of which has been disputed...

Robin Aisher, a member of the Institution's Committee of Management, proposed the vote of thanks to King Constantine. As a fellow yachtsman his amusing address drew on their shared experiences afloat.. - View image in PDF

JULY 24TH. - MARGATE, KENT. An aeroplane was reported to have crashed in the sea, but the life-boat found nothing, and was signalled by an R.A.F. launch to return to her station. - Rewards, £11 5s..

The Lizard and Falmouth, Cornwall.—• At 2.25 on the afternoon of the 20th of August, 1956, the Lizard coast- guard reported that the raft L'Egare II needed the help of a life-boat about thirty miles south-west of Lizard Head, and that...

DUEING 1936 help was given by foreign life-boat services to 45 British vessels.

Three of these services were by Belgium, 1 by Germany, 2 by Holland, 3 by Iceland, 1 by Sweden, and 35 by the United...

Tanker aground GUERNSEY LIFEBOAT, the 52' Arun Sir William Arnold, had been called out at 2250 on July 14, 1975, to escort a fishing boat under tow into harbour.

She returned from this service at about 0100 on July 15...

JUNE 4TH. - DUN LAOGHAIRE, CO.

DUBLIN. Early in the afternoon information was received from the outgoing mail steamer Hibernia and the Coast Life-saving Service that a yacht was in distress some ten miles east of the Kish...

SEPTEMBER 2ND. - SKEGNESS, LINCOLNSHIRE.

Soon after six in the morning the coastguard reported that a dinghy from a Wellington aeroplane had been seen nearly nine miles from Skegness pier. A strong south-easterly wind of...