LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

Taking water A LIGHT, CONFIRMED to be a signal for help from a vessel behind the rocks at Irelands Eye, three quarters of a mile north east of Howth lifeboat station, was seen by the harbour master at 2125 on Tuesday, July...

A memorial to the crew of the Longhope, Orkney, life-boat who lost their lives on the night of 17th March, 1969, when their boat capsized in severe weather conditions, was unveiled in Osmondwall cemetery by Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother...

SEARCH FOR SEAMAN At 2 p.m. on loth June, 1964, the coastguard asked 'the honorary secretary if the life-boat would launch to search for a seaman who was missing from the Belgian trawler Zeebrugge 476 which had sunk at 9.20 a.m. two...

SINCE HER INTRODUCTION to the RNLI fleet in 1971, the Atlantic 21 inshore lifeboat has not only proved her worth on service, but has also shown herself to be a thoroughbred among boats.

With her speed, range,...

Bembridge, Isle of Wight.—At 12.22 on the afternoon of the 29th of July, 1956, the Foreland coastguard reported that a yacht was making distress sig- nals off St. Helen's Fort. The life- boat Jesse Lumb, which had just returned from an...

WOMAN BROUGHT TO MAINLAND FOR EMERGENCY OPERATION Galway Bay. At two o'clock on the afternoon of the 13th May, 1963, the local doctor asked for the services of the life-boat to take a woman, who was dangerously ill, from Aran to the...

Ballycotton, Co. Cork. At 6.30 p.m.

on 3rd June, 1965, the motor fishing vessel Rapid was reported overdue. The coxswain contacted Ballycotton lighthouse in order to find out if they could see the Rapid. The lighthouse...

Honorary Life- Governors THE following have been appointed Honorary Life-Governors of the Institution and are presented with a copy of the vote inscribed on vellum and signed by H.R.H. the Duchess of Kent, President of the Institution:...