LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

Barry Dock, Glamorganshire. At 12.15 on the afternoon of the 16th of July, 1960, the life-boat Rachel and Mary Evans began escorting the com- petitors in a canoe race from Watch Tower Bay towards Weston-super- Mare. There was a fresh...

Since experimental trials in'63 the ILBs have proved so successful that there are now 100 of them in regular use as well as the 150 conventional lifeboats. Over a three month period last year, these tough, nearly indestructable craft,...

Since experimental trials in'63 the ILBs have proved so successful that there are now 100 of them in regular use as well as the 150 conventional lifeboats. Over a three month period last year, these tough, nearly indestructable craft,...

Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin - At 1.35 a.m. on 26th July, 1969, the honorary secretary learnt that the motor boat Sheelina, with two people on board, was hard aground at the foot of the tower on Dalkey island. The life-boat John F. Kennedy...

Cromer, Norfolk - At 3.15 p.m. on nth December, 1966, two flares were reported from a D.U.K.W. which was about a mile off Cromer east beach. The No. 2 life-boat William Henry and Mary King was launched at 3.27 in a light south westerly wind...

At 11.30 a.m. on loth December, 1966, the local doctor informed the honorary secretary that a sick woman on Inishmaan Island was in need of hospital treatment, and that he had to attend another patient on Inishere Island. In the absence of...

Facts and Figures Provisional statistics as at 5 March 1996 show that during 1995: The RNLI's lifeboats were launched 7,312 times (an average of more than 20 launches a day) 1,632 lives were saved (an average of more than 4 a day) Some 3...

SHERINGHAM, NORFOLK.—On the 14th April, at daylight, the schooner Wells, of Goole, was observed at anchor off this station, with a signal of distress flying.

The schooner was in a dangerous position on a lee shore, a heavy...