LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

BERWICK-ON-TWEED.—On the 22d March the schooner Heinrkh Gerdes, of Rostock, on running for the harbour of Berwick, struck on the bar, and was driven ashore south of the entrance to the Tweed. It was blowing a heavy gale from east-north-east,...

BY winning a third-service clasp to his silver medal for the rescue of the crew of the Mount Ida, Coxswain Henry G. Blogg, of Cromer, takes the first place in the Institution's records for gallantry. He has now won its gold medal twice...

As an organisation that aims to improve safety at sea – and one that is rooted in the UK’s maritime heritage – the Lloyd’s Register Group (LRG) shares plenty of ground with the RNLI. In 2004 it set up a separate registered charity dedicated...

AT the close of the fiscal year (30th June) 1899 the establishment of the Life-Saving Service of the United States embraced 265 stations. Of this number 193 were situated on the Atlantic and Gulf coasts, 56 on the coasts of the Great Lakes,...

St. Mary's, Isles of Scilly.—On the 10th February it was reported that a man on the island of St. Martin's was seriously ill, and in urgent need of medical attention. Two doctors, both members of the local committee at St. Mary's...

Whitby, Yorkshire.—At 1.15 on the afternoon of the 4th of February, 1953.

local fishermen reported that bad weather was making conditions dan- gerous at the harbour bar, and at 1.20 the No. 1 life-boat Mary Ann Hep- worth...

At about 3 P.M. on the 26th August, during a whole W.N.W. gale, the fishing-boat Fear Not, was seen to miss stays and drift towards the rocks. The Life-boat William Sugden was immediately launched, but before she could reach her the...

Launches of Life-boats.

Total number of launches, including those in which for various reasons no services were rendered - - - - - - - - 411 Of these launches 249 were to vessels and aeroplanes in distress through attack by...