LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Coast-Guard Service: Its Origin and Life-Saving Work
A GOVERNMENT Service for the pre- vention of smuggling, from which the present Coast-guard Service has evolved, was already in existence in this country in the early part of the eighteenth century. In those days a consider- able force was...
Category: Articles
Front Cover
Front Cover Exactly twenty years on - the same photo, but with different boats and different crews - see the News pages in this issue for the full story.
by Colin Watson Any products or services advertised in The Lifeboat... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
18 Months of War.
In the first eighteen months of war life-boats have rescued 3526 lives.
They have rescued more lives in these eighteen months of war than in the last ten years of peace. They have rescued a life every four hours..
Category: Articles
Awards to Coxswains and Life-Boatmen
To JOHN B. MCLEAN, on his retirement, after serving for 16J years as coxswain of the Peterhead life-boat, a coxswain's certificate of service, gratuity and a retirement allow- ance.
To BENJAMIN WILLIAMS, on his...
Category: Awards
Maritime Book Society
WE KNOW ABOUT THE SEA HERE and we have the books to prove it! DEVON as your introduction to the Maritime Book Society worth up to £20 or more at publishers' prices! rnrnrn x oks numbers j J I 1 [__ I would like to join the...
Category: Advertisement
A Cabin Cruiser (2)
At 3.8 p.m. on 3rd August, 1967, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a small cabin cruiser was drifting about a quarter of a mile off Frinton beach and that her crew were waving for assistance. The life-boatCecil and Lilian...
Feature Buildling Reflections
It is hard to believe that a year has passed since I concluded my editorial circumnavigation of the RNLI's operational realm. In one respect time has passed quickly, with plenty still going on around the coasts and new, exciting...
Category: Articles
Anniversary of Grace Darling's Rescue
The 1th September, 1963, was the 25th anniversary of the famous rescue by Grace Darling and her father of survivors from the Forfarshire. The following article, which has been specially written for the Life-boat by Commander W....
Category: Articles
Duke of Northumberland's Life-Boat Essay Competition, 1935
THE Duke of Northumberland's Life- boat Essay Competition for elementary schools has been held this year for the fifteenth time. The number of schools which took part was 2,511. an increase of 10 on last year.
Of this...
Category: Articles
Win a Trip for Two on the Orient-Express
Photos: Venice Simplon Orient- Ex press. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs