LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Help from Golf Clubs
•DURING 1938 seventy-six golf clubs held competitions in aid of the life-boat service and contributed £280 11*. 9d.
Ten more clubs held competitions than in 1937 and £58 more was contri- buted. The same appeal...
Category: Articles
Eliza, of Middlesborough
On the! 6th December, the. brig Eliza, of Middlesboroxigh, was driven on the bar at the Tees' mouth. The Institution's life-boat at Seaton-Carew was soon launched, and proceeded through a high sea to the aid of her crew, 7 in number,...
Epsilon
A barque was observed ashore on the west part of the Cfunfleet; Sand, at about 2 P.M. on the 30th March, during a fresh S.W. wind, and with the aid of a telescope it was seen that she was flying signals of distress.
The...
Omnibus, of Aberystwith
On the 26th March, 1860, a schooner was reported to be on shore on the Goodwin Sands. The Harbour Commis- sioners' life-boat Northumberland was quickly towed out to her assistance by the Harbour- tug Aid, there being a fresh wind from...
Lifeboat Services (1)
Aberdeen, Grampian 54ft Arun ON 1050: November 29 and December 23 Aberdovey, Gwynedd Atlantic 21: November 2 Aldeburgh, Suffolk 37ft Sin Rather ON 1068: November 23, December 18 and January 12 Alderney, Channel Islands Relief 44ft Waveney ON...
Category: Services
The S.S. J. Duncan
The s.s. J. Duncan, of Cardiff, whilst bound from that port to Devonport with a cargo of coal, stranded on the rocks at Tol Pedn, Penwith, during a thick fog on the morning of the 14th August.
The casualty was reported at...
Swimmers
AN immense work is being accomplished in these days in the way of prevention against loss of life, both by sea and by land; but we may still hope for extensive improvements as experience and science arm our great philanthropic societies with...
Category: Articles
Sesam
All in a season's work RNLI Divisional Inspector Colin Williams gives a round up of all things operational this Spring in the island of Ireland Our crews experience everything that the Irish Sea and Atlantic Ocean can muster, as...
The S.S. Inga
At noon on the 19th October a message was received from the Mersey Docks and Harbour Board offices that a vessel in the channel was dragging her anchors and making distress signals. A full W. by N. gale was blowing, with a very heavy sea and...
Letters
Lerwick lifeboat I read, with interest, James R. Kay's letter regarding Lerwick lifeboat and his uncle's yacht Soldian, which was published in the autumn issue of THE LIFEBOAT.
It may be of some interest to Mr Kay...
Category: Correspondence