LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

Rope round propeller LATE IN THE AFTERNOON of Friday November 30,1984, the honorary secretary of Fishguard lifeboat station was contacted by Milford Haven coastguard to be told that a 33ft fishing vessel, Oneida, had a rope round her...

The following drawings show the general outline and principal fittings of the different types of Life-boats used in the Institution's service. Figure 1 gives the profile or broadside view. Fig. 2 the "plan" or deck view. Fig. 3...

Two saved in harbour drama Faced with the choice of a wait offshore for eight hours in gale force conditions or reaching dry Land quickly by a risky harbour entry, which would you choose? Decision time When a crew of two undertook a maiden...

LONG before the war ended the Institution had made plans to rebuild a great part of its fleet. It lost six boats, destroyed by the enemy, and more serious even than this loss were the delays. In the last four years of the war the building of...

ABILITY to aid the shipwrecked is a fairly accurate standard by which to measure a country's civilization. In the South Sea Islands, or Somali Laud, the un- fortunate castaway may struggle through the breakers, only to be clubbed on...

BARMOUTH.—A large vessel was seen stranded on St. Patrick's Causeway on the morning of the 24th March, 1895. A heavy gale was blowing from S.W., the weather was thick and the sea rough. The Life- boat Jones Gibb put off at 8.15, and on...

HOLYHEAD.—Signals of distress were seen in the outer harbour at 10 P.M. on the 30th September last during stormy weather and a rough sea. The Thomas Fielden Life-boat was launched, proceeded outside Salt Island, and found the brig- antine...

PAGe tItLe RescUe FIVe ALIVe two miles from land, a group of kayakers was at the mercy of gale force offshore winds. How could they summon help and how long could they stay afloat? mairéad Dwane reports tHe DetAIL insHORe LiFeBOat B-789...