LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The S.S. Lord Citrine
Great Yarmouth and Gorleston, Norfolk.
—At 1.38 on the morning of the 1st of April, 1951, the Gorleston coastguard telephoned a message received through the North Foreland radio station from the S.S. Lord Citrine. She was...
Flower o' Mary
On the evening of the 19th November the steam drifter Flower o' May, of Banff, made to enter the harbour. She was returning from the English fishing grounds, and, being short of coal, had been towed about fifty miles before being cast...
On the rocks
The 17m fishing vessel Crystal Sea was returning to harbour with a catch at 3am on 22 November when she hit rocks north of Howth Head.
As she sank, her crew of four jumped onto the rocks, where they activated their...
Category: Articles
L'Arguenon
During a moderate S.W. to W. gale, with a heavy sea, a message was re- ceived at 7.15 P.M. on the 10th January that at 3.15 P.M. the fishing boat L'Arguenon, of St. Malo, was in diffi- culties. The crew of the Motor Life- boat Queen...
Surf Boards
Surfer saved by Atlantic after night search in severe weather The Thanks of the Institution on Vellum has been awarded to Nigel Sweeny, the helmsman of St Catherine's (Jersey, Channel Islands) lifeboat during a night service in severe...
The Submarine C. 12
The Life - boat William and Charles was launched in response to distress signals at about 10.30 A.M. on the 22nd December. She found the Submarine C 12 ashore and landed the crew of sixteen hands.
Later in the day the...
The S.S. Eaglescliffe Hall
NOVEMBER 12TH. - PORTHDINLLAEN, CAERNARVONSHIRE. The S.S. Eaglescliffe Hall, of Montreal, had been reported drifting, and the life-boat put out twice, but she could not find her. The news came through later that the crew had been rescued by...
A Vessel (2)
MARCH 1ST. - FRASERBURGH, ABERDEENSHIRE.
A vessel had been reported on fire, but later it was learned that she was going on her way accompanied by a trawler.
-Rewards, £14 9s. 6d..
The Institution's Expenditure at a Glance
How each £100 of the Institution's Expenditure was laid out in 1933.
£ s. d.
59 0 6 ••• • •• •••• ••• •• ••i B Construction, Repairs, Upkeep and Inspection of Life-boats and Life-...
Category: Accounts
On a Lee Shore
off, with T. Murphy and J. McCarthy, in the punt belonging to the yawl, and succeeded in rescuing, at great personal risk, three men who were clinging to the mast of the sunken vessel. Seeing that two other persons were clinging to the rocks...
Category: Drawings