LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

H.R.H. The Prince George, K.G., at Newhaven. H.R.H. The Princess Mary, Countess of Harewood, at Scarborough and Bridling ton.

EIGHTEEN Inaugural Ceremonies of new Motor Life-boats have been held during the five months...

A fascinating glimpse of the Lifeboat archives 100 years ago The winter 1906 edition of the Journal revealed how John Owston, Coxswain of the Scarborough lifeboat, met King Edward VII after being asked by Lord Londesborough to assist a...

WE have on several occasions called attention, in the columns of the Life-Soot Journal, to the great necessity that existed for additional harbours of refuge being constructed on some points of the coasts.

Many of our...

Brian O’Carroll and his sister Kate were sailing a dinghy off County Wicklow when they capsized. Here, in Brian's own words, is their story.

We were making good speed towards Mizen Head and had intended to round it and...

Dover PRINCESS MARINA, Duchess of Kent, the president of the R.N.L.I., named the new Dover life-boat, Faithful Forester, at Dover on 26th July, 1967. The 44-foot steel boat was a gift from the Ancient Order of Foresters - the eighth to be...

NOVEMBER 12TH. - SHOREHAM HARBOUR, SUSSEX. The motor life-boat Queen Victoria, on temporary duty at Shoreham, was lying alongside Benes Wharf, Kingston, in an exposed position. The weather was severe, and as the life-boat might have received...

CONTENTS Notes of the Quarter by the Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 354 Henley Naming Ceremony . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 356 Yachtsmen's Life-boat Supporters' Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 360 New Rother Class...

IN 1958, for the third year in succession, life-boats were launched on service more than 700 times. The total number of launches was 714, or two fewer than the figure for 1957. Before 1956 there were only two years in which lifeboats were...