LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

A REMARKABLE instance of the enthu- siastic support given to the Institution by working men and women was re- counted by Mr. R. M. Burke, the Honorary Secretary of the Branch at Tuam, Co. Galway, at the Conference of Honorary Secretaries and...

Ballycotton, Co. Cork. — At about 5.30 P.M. on the 12th October, 1938, the No. 1 man at the Gyleen coast lifesaving station telephoned that a large steamer was near a very dangerous shoal of rocks and appeared to be trying to get clear. A...

THE Institution now has two ghost cabinets, to show the changes in the equipment of the Life-boat Service.

They are on the principle of the old "Peppers Ghost," and are worked by a penny in the slot. In each...

Blyth, Northumberland. At 7.50 on the evening of the 6th July, 1961, the coastguard informed the honorary sec- retary that a swimmer was in difficulties off Seaton Sluice beach. There was a light south-westerly breeze and the sea was calm....

Cardiff ladies' guild increased their income in 1976 by about 30 per cent.

Of the £5,010 they raised for the lifeboat service last year £1,460 was by way of their annual collection and £1,000 was the...

Your chance to win The star prize for the winter 2004 Lifeboat Lottery is a 12-day St Petersburg and Baltic capitals cruise for two aboard the MVVan Gogh. The prize is kindly sponsored byTravelscope and tickets are available from 18 October...

Each quarter we aim to bring you something that will stir and inform and, if I say so myself, this Autumn issue is something rather special.

We are reminded of the best and the worst of the RNLI’s 185-year history by the...

Do Whales Get the Bends?

by Tony Rice
Review by Lucie Grisdale

Tony Rice is a former marine biologist who now spends his time lecturing about his experiences and knowledge of the ocean on...