LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

Japan.

THE Imperial Japanese Life-saving Institution issued in March of this year a pamphlet, written in English, giving a brief history of the Japanese Life-boat Service since the chief priest of the Kotohira Shrine in the...

Ramsgate, Walmer, and Dover, Kent.

—At 10.8 in the morning of the 13th of September, 1951, the Ramsgate coastguard telephoned to the Rams- gate life-boat station that an aeroplane, an American Thunderjet fighter, had...

14th October. During a whole N.W.-gale, with a very heavy sea, an S O S was received from the s.s. Hubert, which was being towed to Troon to be broken up. The life-boat put out at 11.5 P.M., and searched unsuccessfully until 2...

H.R.H. THE DUCHESS OF KENT, Presi- dent of the Royal National Life-boat Institution recently named two new motor life-boats; one in March and one in May. The first, on March 29th, was at New Brighton, to whose station a 52-foot Barnett...

The spring 2004 Lifeboat Lottery was the highest earning RNLI lottery ever, raising over £381,000 - the equivalent of two inshore lifeboats, a hovercraft and the training of their crews. Congratulations go to first prize winners Mr and...

TEIGNMOUTH.—On the 14th October, at about 4.45 P.M., three fishing-boatswere seen to be making "_for the harbour.

A strong S.W. wind was blowing at the time, and a heavy sea was breaking on the bar, and as the water...

JUNE 5TH. - CLACTON - ON - SEA, ESSEX.

An aeroplane had been reported down in the sea, but nothing could be found. - Rewards, £5 4s. 3d..

SEPTEMBER 15TH. - REDCAR, YORKSHIRE.

Flares had been reported, but thesteamer which was in distress got help from tugs. - Rewards, £15 6s..