LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

Members of Prestatyn swimming club gather round John Owen, president of Rhyl branch, for the presentation of a cheque for £150.50 to go into the ASA RNLI international sponsored swim fund.

photograph by courtesy of Ian... - View image in PDF

The autumn ball held by Wells branch at the Bishop's Palace last September was an outstanding success and very much enjoyed. As well as a raffle there was an auction for a cricket bat signed by Somerset and Gloucestershire cricket teams... - View image in PDF

During tine cold weather on the 19th April the | Coxswain, John Swan, observed a man in a small boat trying to reach a j smack which was outside the harbour.

After several attempts one of the oars broke and the boat began...

Ian Beavis, vice-president of Newport branch, just before setting off for a sponsored swim from Egvpt Point, Cowes, on the Isle of Wight, to Lepe on the mainland. The twomile swim, during which Ian was escorted by his brother Donald in the... - View image in PDF

THE Institution has recently received two gifts from its own Crews out of money which had been received for the salvage of vessels—£3 from the Clacton Crew, which on 2nd January last saved the barge Decima with two men on board, and...

FOR THE FIRST TIME the RNLI has awarded a gallantry medal for a rescue from an oil rig. The rig involved, Orion, was on tow from Rotterdam to Brazil when she went aground on the Guernsey coast. The rescue operation was in some respects of a...

It must be obvious to any one who reflects on the subject for a moment, that the low price of 1 1/2d. at which this Journal is sup- plied, for the express purpose of bringing it within the reach of fishermen and boatmen, cannot cover the...

In May a delegation from the R.N.L.I, visited Malmo, Sweden, for an International Conference of voluntary life-boat organisations organised by the Swedish Life-boat Service. During her voyage from Dover to the conference, the 52-foot Arun... - View image in PDF