LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

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Keep them safe all summer long.
Outdoor swimming and water safety sessions for children aged 7–14 – with Swim England and the RNLI.
These hour-long sessions, run by qualified...

Overdue THE REPUBLIC OF IRELAND motor fishing vessel Ard Carna put out from Greencastle, Lough Foyle, on Thursday April 28 to fish white fish. She had a crew of five and was expected back on the Friday or Saturday. At 2200 on Saturday April...

Peep into the past Fascinating excerpts from the Lifeboat archives … 100 years ago The May 1907 Journal reported on experiments to improve life-belts and the early days of a new era in lifeboat crew kit: ‘The life-belt produced by the...

Certificates of Service and Pensions.

The COXSWAIN'S CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE and a PENSION, have been awarded to: JAMES REDMOND, 10J years coxswain, 15 years bowman, and 11 years a member of the crew of the Dun Laoghaire...

GRACE DARLING. An early Life-boat heroine.

In 1838, she and her father rescued nine people stranded on a rock, survivors from the wrecked ship For far- shire, of Dundee. They won Silver Medals.

(From the...

THERE'LL be work for the Life-boat—God help it to-night, Where the foam of tiebreakers leaps np to the light.

God help it! It's ready to ride through the mist, And the men who shall man it the women have kissed.<...

Thinking of doing more sea swimming?
Here are some RNLI safety tips:

• Cold-water shock can occur within seconds of sudden immersion in cold water, causing a gasping reaction and an increase in blood...

THE term "Haul-off warp" is used to describe the rope which is made fast to an anchor laid out to sea opposite the launching place of the Life-boat, and with- out the he'p of this appliance there are many stations where the aid...