LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

By Captain ANTHONY S. THOMSON, C.B., Elder Brother of Trinity House, Commander B.N.B.

Reprinted from the " Journal of the Royal United Service Institution," by permission.

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UNTIL the year 1857* the ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION circulated at its lifeboat stations the Rules of the Royal Humane Society for the " Restoration of the Apparently Drowned." In that year, however, those Rules having...

Jan. 1.—Voted 5?. to the master and crew of the steam-tug Telephone, of Falmouth, for saving five fishing-luggers, some of their nets, and their crews, numbering twenty men, which were in much danger off Exmouth during a heavy gale from the...

AS a new recruit to the R.N.L.I. (1968 vintage) I hope that members of long standing are not offended by being told what they have always known. There may be, however, people even greener than myself who might benefit. The reason I think my...

Look and learn Thousands of people visited Poole Headquarters during Open Days in July. Holidaymakers who knew little or nothing about the RNLI came away with a elear picture of the role of the modern lifeboat service. Those who have been...

Exhausted yachtsmen BRONZE MEDAL THE YACHT Sea Victor, built in Germany during the 1930s, had sailed from Exmouth on the morning of Friday May 2, 1986, on passage to Guernsey. By the evening of the following day after a rough crossing the...

To become a fully competent lifesaver, crew members need to develop a wide range of skills. The RNLI has developed a Competence Based Training system that helps crew members acquire these skills and maintain them through lifeboat station...

IT is now thirteen years ago that the NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION, called previously to that time the " NATIONAL INSTITUTION FOR THE PRESERVATION OF LIFE FROM SHIPWRECK," seriously undertook and commenced the national work of...