LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Sealight
Campbeltown, Argyllshire.—At 12.15 on the morning of the 22nd of Sep- tember, 1956, the Southend coast- guard telephoned that a red rocket had been seen five miles south-east-by-east of the look-out. At 12.39 the life- boat City of Glasgow...
Finlande
DECEMBER 18TH. - PETERHEAD, ABERDEENSHIRE.
At 7.20 in the evening the coastguard telephoned that a vessel was ashore on the North Head at the harbour entrance. A light south-west wind was blowing, with a ground swell....
Awards to Honorary Workers
Honorary Life-Governors.
Lady DOROTHY D'OYLY CARTE has been appointed an honorary life-governor of the Institution in recognition of the valuable services which she has rendered to the life-boat cause in...
Category: Awards
Double Toil and Trouble
Even experienced sailors can misjudge their situation. Carol Waterkeyn reports on a testing service to two yachts caught out close to harbour
Mr and Mrs Burris checked the forecast on 25 June 2007 as they prepared to sail...
Category: Articles
Life-Boat Days In 1931
IN 1931 no fewer than 686 Branches held Life-boat Days, as compared with 672 in 1930 and 616 in 1929. The actual number of Days was still larger, for many Branches cover a wide area and include several districts, each of which holds its own...
Category: Articles
Marine Print
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Category: Advertisement
Brooks & Bentley
In a dramatic tribute to the power and force of nature's toughest and most volatile elements, the master jewellers of Brooks & Bentley are proud to announce a distinctive timepiece that embraces both cutting edge style together with...
Category: Advertisement
Shore-Boat Services Rewarded In 1875
Jan. 1.—JOHN ROWNAN, of Knalton, Co. Wa- terford, on the occasion' of the wreck of the barque Gwmissa, at Knalton Cove, afforded shel- ter to 3 of the crew who had got ashore, and af- terwards assisted to save 6 others of- the crew, all...
Category: Articles
August
Launches 113. Lives rescued 119.
AUGUST 1ST. - BARRA ISLAND , HEBRIDES. At 2.30 A.M. a telegram was received from the coastguard at Kyle that a ship’s boat under sail with men on board had been seen at 9.30 P.M. the night...
Category: Services
Sir Winston Churchill
SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL illuminated so many aspects of our life with the majesty of his words that it is hardly surprising that some of the most stirring sentences ever spoken about a life-boat were uttered by him.
The...
Category: Articles