LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Chloe (1)
Brothers and stations unite When Red Bay lifeboat crew were paged, there was no immediate threat to life for the couple on the yacht, Chtoe. Yet at Red Bay station brothers Tom and Paddy McLaughlin remember thinking: 'It was blowing a...
The "Life-Boat Saturday" Movement
THE ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTI- TUTION is certainly deeply indebted to the ladies and gentlemen who, under the able guidance of Mr. CHARLES W. MACARA, the energetic promoter of the "Life-boat Saturday" move- ment, brought the...
Category: Articles
Captain Howard F. J. Rowley, C.B.E., R.N.
Retirement from the Post of Chief Inspector.
ON 14th August Captain Howard F. J.
Rowley, C.B.E., E.N., to the great regret of the Committee of Manage- ment and the officers and staff of the Institution,...
Category: Articles
Conference
Conference 155) plank and frame wooden construction. Burdensome sail and displacement-type power yachts are proper candidates.
The only overlap of applicability occurs in the case of fibreglass and aluminium. But even here...
Category: Meetings
Paramount
Testing tow at Port St MaryWhen the Trent class Cough Ritchie II Launched, all that the crew knew was that a fishing boat was in trouble about 20 miles south east of Port St Mary in the Isle of Man. When they discovered that it was the large...
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A combination of fair weather and thunderstorms made for a particularly busy weekend for the RNLI in May 2005. In two days, RNLI crews launched more than 75 times and rescued around 100 people On 7 May sailors were caught out by strong winds...
St Patrick
Engine room fire THE TRAWLER St Patrick reported to the Coastguard Channel Navigation Service on channel 10 VHP at 1805 on Wednesday December 7, 1977, that she was hove to with smoke coming from the engine room five miles south east of Dover...
Mrs Teresa Smellie President of the Great Yarmouth and Gorleston Branch of the Ladies' Life-Boat Guild Has Been Made An Honorary Life Governor of the RNLI In Reco
Mrs. Teresa Smellie, president of the Great Yarmouth and Gorleston branch of the ladies' life-boat guild, has been made an honorary life governor of the R.N.L.I, in recognition of her 40 years' service on behalf of the life-boat... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Fifty-Six Rafts Took Part In the 1975 Wadebridge and Padstow Round Table Raft Race About £500 Was Raised In Sponsorship the Moneys Being Divided Between Wadebridge
Fifty-six rafts took part in the 1975 Wadebridge and Padstow Round Table raft race. About £500 was raised in sponsorship, the moneys being divided between Wadebridge and Padstow branches. photograph by courtesy of W. A. Cogan..View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Havfru
A Fine Cromer Service.
" 'Tis not in mortals to command success," though none deserve it better than a Life-boat crew, battling with the elements for the lives of their fellowmen.
It is our...