LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

Naval Architect dies Naval Architect Jack Tyrrell of Arklow, County Wicklow, Ireland died suddenly on 29 July 1988 at the age of 83.

Jack Tyrrell was one of Ireland's most imaginative naval architects, and in 1964 won...

Humber, Yorkshire.—At 9.30 in the morning of the 3rd of June, 1952, the Spurn . Point coastguard telephoned that an ex-R.N.L.I. life-boat, the Ivy Dale, of London, had run ashore off Withernsea and had damaged her rudder. She asked for the...

Saved by her dog's eyes When 14-year-old Catherine Sharman and her dog, Jet, became trapped on rocks by the tide, it proved difficult just to find her. Nightfall, driving rain, rough seas and strengthening winds all posed a challenge to...

Hurricane in Straits of Dover DOVER STRAIT COASTGUARD received a Mayday call at 2204 on Monday, December 1, 1975, from the 1,199-ton phosphate loaded Cypriot coaster Primrose indicating loss of steering gear in a position some 3 miles east...

THE Institution is fortunate in often having the help of its Coxswains and Crews, not only in manning the Life- boats, but in raising funds, sometimes by their personal efforts and sometimes in the form of gifts out of salvage money which...

Members of Ramsgate ladies' guild slipped on their glad rags for a cockney knees-up at the Granville, Ramsgate, and tucked into a jellied eel buffet. About 80 people attended and a raffle and tombola were also held, raising £283 to... - View image in PDF

Th? 4Kfl bin Ouklrv class l./:nnl-(. 'tulgwimlifeboat - James anil Catherine Macfarlune - pulls ni n from her bouthousc itl Kilcobbcn Cove. Tin- l.i:urtl. The Minion, with its dramatic backdrop, was opened M HK/l I lit' Duke of... - View image in PDF

THE number of stations in the United States Life-Saving Service at the close of the year ended the 30th June, 1907, was 278, the same as that on the correspond- ing date in the previous year. Of this number, which was subdivided into thir-...