LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

The Chelsea Pensioners have been collecting money for the RNLI at major events for many years. The Pensioners are usually seen out and about wearing their distinctive scarlet uniforms and since 1995, they have collected over £95,000 at... - View image in PDF

Liberian thanks: a January night in 1984 when St Peter Port, Guernsey, lifeboat managed to save nine men from a ship's lifeboat after their Liberian freighter Radient Med had sunk in a force 9 gale, led to a presentation in London in... - View image in PDF

CAISTER, NORFOLK. — On Sunday morning, the 17th January, the Lifeboat Coven t Garden arrived at Yarmouth Harbour, bringing four of the hands of the schooner Jasper, of Fowey, and the body of one of the crew, who had died from exposure while...

Eleven lifeboats in biggest ever Cardigan Bay searchCrew from nine lifeboat stations were united in a search for a missing power boat at Cardigan Bay. The Coastguard coordinated an extensive search involving 11 lifeboats, a rescue helicopter...

CROMER.—On the 10th April the Cromer Life-boat was launched during an easterly gale and rough sea, and proceeded to the sloop Hesperus, of Copen-hagen, which had shown signals of distress when about three miles from the Life-boat Station. On...

wtck. Site of Wreck. Wind and Weather. Name of Vessel. 1874.

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PROBABLY the most ancient mode of propelling boats through the water by hand labour was by means of oars of nearly the same shape, and worked in the same manner, as those now in use. And to all appearance there is no likelihood of a change,...

Lives saved.

Cairns, brlgantine, of Kowey—assisted to save vessel and 7 Alexandra, barque, of Frederik- stad—assisted to save vessel.

Alpha, brig, of Ilernosand—as- sisted to save...