LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Gipsy, of Chepstow
On the 19th February, the schooner Gipsy, of Chepstow, was wrecked on St. Ives Ridge, during a strong northerly gale. The Moses life-boat was launched when the vessel was seen running for St. Ives, and reached her just as she grounded on the...
Airdrie, of Stranraer
On the 25th Sept., the schooner Airdrie, of Stranraer, was stranded on the Baldoyle Sands, in Dublin Bay, during a gale of wind. The same life-boat went off through a heavy and dangerous sea and rescued the crew of 4 men..
Handy, of Wexford
On the 8th May the schooner Handy, of Wexford, was stranded in the South Bay during a strong N.E. gale and in a very heavy sea. The Civil Service life-boat went off and rescued 4 men of the vessel's crew. Owing to the violence of the sea...
Speed, of Wexford
On the 9th May, the schooner Speed, of Wexford, was observed anchored close to the rocks off this place, during a strong gale of wind and heavy sea.
The captain, fearing that his vessel would drive on the rocks, hoisted...
William, of Carnarvon
On the 29th Oct., 1868, during a hard gale, a smack, which was riding heavily in a danger- ous position outside the roadstead, hoisted a signal of distress. The Cotton Sheppard life-boat was launched, and proceeded out, when it was found...
Catherine,of Amlwch
On the 25th. Jan. this Life-boat pro- ceeded to the assistance of the schooner Catherine, of Amlwch, which was wrecked on the Breakwater in a southerly gale, and brought on shore from her 3 persons.
Notes of the Quarter
In her presidential address at the Institution's annual general meeting on 21st March, Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent, called attention to the remark- able changes which have taken place during her presidency.
It was...
Category: Articles
Wreck of the Steamer "Duke of Sutherland."
ON the 1st of April in the present year occurred one of those fearful wrecks which ever and anon startle even the inhabitants of these sea-girt islands, accustomed as they have been from time immemorial to the periodical sacrifice, by...
Category: Services
Mrs. Talbot-Cadow, of Carlisle
MRS. W. TALBOT-CADOW, of Carlisle, died on the llth of February. She had been an active and successful honorary worker for the Life-boat Service for twenty-eight years. It was in 1923 that she became president of the Car- lisle and district...
Category: Obituaries
Annual General Meeting and Presentation of Awards
ROYAL FESTIVAL HALL, LONDON, THURSDAY MAY 22 'The RNLI . . . the finest club in the country . . .' MORE PEOPLE THAN EVER BEFORE gathered at the Royal Festival Hall on the South Bank of the River Thames on Thursday May 22 for the...
Category: Meetings