LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

FEBRUARY 7TH. - FILEY, AND SCARBOROUGH, YORKSHIRE. The Filey motor life-boat The Cuttle was launched at 1.10 in the afternoon to stand by the local fishing cobles as a strong south-west wind was blowing and the sea was rough. When the...

While the prospect of warmer Summers may seem appealing, the reality of global warming may be more severe flooding

In March this year, 70 members of the RNLI Flood Rescue Team helped test...

SCIENCE MUSEUM, SOUTH KENSINGTON FEBRUARY 21-APRIL 21 OPEN: WEEKDAYS, 10 a.m.-6 p.m.

SUNDAYS, 2.30 p.m.-6 p.m.

FOR TWO MONTHS in the spring of its 'Year of the Lifeboat' the RNLI is staging an...

Eighteen lifeboats at sea as storm sweeps country 'Services varied from false alarms - both with good intent and malicious - to fishing vessels and commercial passenger vessels...' The severe storms which swept much of the country on...

Eighteen lifeboats at sea as storm sweeps country 'Services varied from false alarms - both with good intent and malicious - to fishing vessels and commercial passenger vessels...' The severe storms which swept much of the country on...

Length 14.26m (46ft 9in) Beam 4.9m (16ft 1in) Displacement 27.5 tonnes Speed 25 knots Range 250 n. miles Crew 6 Construction Fibre Reinforced Composite (FRC). - View image in PDF

More than £12,000 was raised by Bristol ladies' guild at its summer ball, held last July at the home of Mr and Mrs Cullum McAlpine, near Bath. On arrival, every lady was presented with a red rose, and when the 350 guests sat down to...

MR. HENRY MADICK SMARDON, of Torbay, who died at Brixham on the 28th of October of last year, was a noted figure in the town, where he was affectionately known as H.M.S. Brixham. He was a retired school- master and a man of many...