David Henry presented a detailed account of the history of Kirkcudbright Lifeboat at a recent meeting of Kirkcudbright History Society. Commencing with an overview of the formation of the Royal ...

A LIFEBOAT station which was once home to a "cannibal ... Without food, water and with broken oars, Lewis, Second Mate Henry MacDonald and Ordinary Seaman Edward Cotter, just 18, drifted for ...

The Custom of the Sea gave sailors who ate their comrades in a survival situation a pass -- until this 1884 tragedy.

Chanting the name of God and pinning faith are the two oars of our lifeboat that help swim the sea of samsara. Sri Ramanujamji said in a discourse that “Prarthana“ is a plea that people submit ...

In Lifeboat Entering the Sea (1883), six thin, almost horizontal lines represent the lifeboat’s long oars. Equally tenuous lines represent the masts and rigging of the distressed ship. Slightly curved ...

UK water retailer, Business Stream, has announced its sponsorship of an all-female rowing team, Scotland the Wave, who are ...

Originally, the lifeboats were powered by oars, making the five-mile journey from the harbour to the Ross an exhausting task for the crew. Even with the introduction of engines, lifeboats still ...

At the end of this morning’s training exercise, Looe RNLI volunteer crews, on the charity’s Atlantic 85 and D Class inshore lifeboats, joined 3 of the Looe Rowing club gigs to celebrate the return to ...

The Coston Line-Throwing Gun, mounted on a steel carriage for larger vessels, and in shoulder- gun type for vessels under 300 tons, Coston Col-lapsible Life Boats, besides Metallic Life Boats and ...

the teenaged Pi recounts how he survived a shipwreck for 227 days aboard a lifeboat with nothing but a net, an oar, a small rations box and a hyena, orangutan, zebra and a massive Bengal tiger ...