LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Mrs Joan Field
Mrs Joan Field, president of Bridlington lifeboat luncheon club from 1981 to 1984. Mrs Field had been a member of the club since the 1960s and she had served as assistant honorary secretary from 1976 to 1977, speaker secretary from 1977 to...
Category: Obituaries
Vice-Admiral Sir Peter Compston
Vice-Admiral Sir Peter Compston, a vicepresident of the RNLI, receives the final instalment in the Royal Fleet Auxiliary's £140,000 appeal towards the provision of a new lifeboat, RFA Sir Galahad, from the RFA'i former Chief... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
John 'Jinks' Smith,
August John 'Jinks' Smith, former Portpatrick lifeboat crew member died aged 70. John was the last surviving member of the crew that went to the aid of the stricken Princess Victoria m 1953..
Category: Obituaries
Melita
On the 19th December, the No. 2 Lifeboat put off and rescued the crew of 6 men from the brig Melita, of Blyth, which had stranded during a fresh N.W.
breeze and heavy sea. The Life-boat also brought ashore 10 beachmen who...
Award to Two Coxswains
THE 1963 award made under the terms of the James Michael Bower Endow- ment Fund established by the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company has been made to Coxswain Hubert Ernest Petit, of St. Peter Port, gold medallist, and...
Category: Awards
Rosaleen
At 7.30 P.M.
on the 5th November signals of distress were observed from a vessel on Salter's Bank. The wind was blowing with the force of a whole gale from the south- west, and there was a very heavy...
The Medallists In Close-Up from Left to Right Shane Coleman George Williamson James Dougal Robert Gorman and Peter Heading
The medallists in close-up. From left to right Shane Coleman, George Williamson, James Dougal, Robert Gorman and Peter Heading.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Florence
LIFE-BOAT STOOD BY At 8.30 a.m. on 2nd December, 1963, the coxswain obtained permission from the honorary secretary to launch the lifeboat to escort the local fishing coble Florence, because of deteriorating weather.
There...
Shamrock
DUNGARVAN, Co. WATERFORD. On the 12th January, at 5.30 P.M., the fishing lugger Shamrock, of Peel, arrived at Ballinacourty and anchored about a hundred yards from the fishery pier. At about 8.30 one of her anchors parted and the vessel...
Coleman Hernon,
January 1996 Coleman Hernon, ex-coxswain of Aran Islands lifeboat (formally known as Galway Bay).
Coleman became bowman of the lifeboat in 1949, 2nd Coxswain in 1951 and coxswain in 1960. After 15 years as coxswain, Coleman...
Category: Obituaries