LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Honor
TENBY, SOUTH WALES. — The ketch Honor, of and from Cardiff, for St. David's with coal, showed signals of distress while riding at anchor in the roadstead, daring a very heavy gale from the S.W., on the 8th December. The Anne Collin...
Awards to Coxswains and Life-Boatmen
Coxswain's Certificate of Service.
The COXSWAIN'S CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE, and a PENSION, have been awarded to the following, on their retire- ment :~ JOHN ANGUS, 35 years coxswain of the...
Category: Awards
The Fundraisers
Some w a y s of t i l l i n g t he c o f f e r s . . .
Pushing and pulling Although the new term was only days old, the youngsters at Fowey Community School were soon in action supporting the local community. Fifty-two Year...
Category: Articles
Life-Belts for Fishermen
IN 1882 the Committee of the Institution, being deeply impressed with the serious loss of life from drowning taking place year by year from the Fishing Vessels working to and from the coasts of the United Kingdom, decided, with the hope of...
Category: Articles
The Rother Class James Cable Makes Her Final Pass Along the Beach at Aldeburgh on the Day Her Mersey Class Successor Arrived
The Rother class James Cable makes her final pass along the beach at Aldeburgh on the day her Mersey class successor arrived. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Your Letters
The future of maroons Sir - Are we to witness the total phasing out of the firing of maroons at our lifeboat stations? This issue must have been the subject of much debate during my periods at sea away from the UK, but I sincerely hope that...
Category: Correspondence
The Dredger Foremost 18
St. Mary's, Isle of Scilly.—At about 9.30 A.M. on the 22nd December, 1938, it was learned that a dredger was in difficulties near the Spanish Ledges and wanted a pilot. A N.E. gale was blowing, with sleet and snow showers, and the sea...
A Vessel
A good service was skilfully performed by the No. 1 Lifeboat Kentwell on the 27th May during a strong S.S.W. gale and very heavy sea. About midnight on the 26th idem flares were reported near the South Pier, and the coxswain of the Life-boat...
Bravest Act of Life-Saving
THE Maud Smith award for the bravest act of life-saving by a member of a life- boat crew in 1960 has been won by Coxswain Patrick Power of Dunmore East, Co. Waterford, for the rescue of the only man on board a disabled barge on the 4th of...
Category: Awards
Jessie, of Liverpool
The schooner Jessie, of Liverpool, was stranded off Rhyl, dur- ing a gale of wind from N.N.E., on the 22nd December. She had been observed running before the wind with masts gone and sails flying about in all...