LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

THE weather in the British Islands forces itself so much on our attention, and is naturally such a constant topic of dis- cussion, that papers on the subject, especially when written by any one having access to the records of the Royal...

Capturing the drama Sir - The dramatic photograph of the Portrush lifeboat on page 127 of the Summer issue of the journal must have potential for advertising the RNLI's work and the robust skill and courage of the crews. Why not use it...

The RNLI's annual meetings - the AGM and Presentation of Awards - were held on 16 May at the Barbican, in the City of London, for the second year running. The 'new' venue provides enough space for the Institution to set up...

ABOUT 4.30 in the morning of 15th January, 1938, the coastguard at Tenby, Pembrokeshire, reported that a small steamer was in distress. She was the Fermanagh, of Belfast, bound light for Llanelly. A gale was blowing from the south-west, with...

BRONZE MEDAL SERVICE AT BOULMER MA R C H 2 7 T H . - B O U L M E R , NORTH SUNDERLAND, AND HOLY ISLAND, NORTHUMBERLAND.

During the night of the 26th of March a large steamer was seen to be on fire off the Northumbrian coast...

THE LIFE-BOAT FLEET Motor Life-boats, 124 :: Pulling & Sailing Life-boats, 45 LIVES RESCUED from the foundation of the Institution in 1824 to November 30th, 1935 - ... 64,350 The Woods of which a Life-boat is...

" How far that little candle throws his beams! So shines a good deed in a naughty world." Merchant of Vawx, IF the faint twinkling of a candle's light was calculated to awaken so beautiful an idea in the mind of our great...

SEAHAM, DURHAM.—Towards midnight on the 31st Dec., 1898, signals of distress at sea were observed off this place, and when the New Year broke, the Life-boat SJcynner was on her way to render help to the vessel which had displayed them. The...