LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

KESSINGIASTB. — At 4 P.M., on the 7th February, signals of distress were observed.

from the fishing smack Pioneer, of Lowestoft, which had stranded in J?akefieM Gat.

The So. 1 Life-boat, the Botton, was...

Mr. F. G. Reed, honorary secretary at Itfracotnbe, believes that a life-boat picture gallery is a major attraction at any holiday resort with a life-boat. Elsewhere the same view is held. Here Mr. D. Harvey, of Cromer, is pictured with his... - View image in PDF

Launches 37. Lives Rescued 12.

MARCH. 3RD. - ROSSLARE HARBOUR, AND KILMORE, CO. WEXFORD. A the message was received at Rosslare at 4.55 P.M.

that an Irish Air Force seaplane had come down in the sea off...

• In Rescue Call (Kaye & Ward, 2is.) Angus Mac Vicar has written an admirable brief history of the life-boat service. It is extremely readable and a great deal of information has been packed into no more than 128 pages. Many of the...

Scarborough, Yorkshire. — On the morning of the 18th of January, 1956, the weather worsened while the local fishing boats Betty, Hilda II, and Premier were still at sea, with three men in each boat. At 10.40 the life- boat E.C.J.R. was...

A lifeboat cake made by Mrs Ann Griffin of the West Bromwich and Wednesbury branch was the star attraction at the dinner and dance held by the branch at the Gala Suite, West Bromwich. Weighing 25lb the bottom layer, which represented the sea... - View image in PDF

IN accordance with our annual custom for many years past, we again present our readers with a synopsis of the returns just made by the Board of Trade to Parliament, of the wrecks and casualties which have taken place on the coasts, and in...

THE sad story of the acting Selsey coxswain, Douglas Arnell, who was obliged to relinquish his post because of colour blindness, was widely reported in the press earlier this year. It may therefore be helpful to explain the RNLI's...