LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

HAYLE, CORNWALL.—The s.s. Fleswick, of Whitehaven, coal laden from Neath for Hayle, stranded on the eastern spit of Hayle Bar, in a strong gale from N.

and a very heavy sea, on the 28th January. At 7.55 P.M. the Life-boat E...

DECEMBER 13TH - 14TH. - DUNMORE, EAST, CO. WATERFORD, AND KILMORE, CO. WEXFORD. Just before half-past five in the evening the coast watcher at Hook Point telephoned to the Dunmore East station that a vessel was off the Hook showing flares....

Royal meeting Guest of honour at this year's annual presentation of awards at the Royal Festival Hall will be Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent. The ceremony takes place at 3.00 on the afternoon of Tuesday May 12, 1987, when the...

MR. Duncan Darroch, a regular and most generous supporter of the Institu- tion in Mount Cook, New Zealand, who has a life-boat collecting box there which brings the Institution appreciable sums of money, recently sold one of his pictures to...

JANUARY 3RD. - COURTMACSHERRY HARBOUR, CO. CORK. During the night Valentia Radio Station reported that helpwas needed by a vessel in distress at Galley Head. A strong E.S.E. gale was blowing, with a very heavy sea. The motor life-boat Sarah...

Coxswain J. Dumble, of Sheringham, Norfolk, getting into an aeroplane.

The Coastal Command of the Royal Air Force which protects our coasts, shipping and fishing fleets from attack from the air (and has been nicknamed the... - View image in PDF

How does a volunteer lifeboat crew member find the time to juggle their work and personal life with their lifeboat duties - and why? Jon Jones spent some time on the Isle of Wight with Bembridge coxswain Martin Woodward to try to get some...

THE Institution has awarded a certifi- cate of service to Joseph Rourke, of Howth, co. Dublin, and has also made him a compassionate grant. He was born in 1854 and became a member of the Howth crew in 1870,-at the age of sixteen. He served...