LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
May
Launches 41 Lives rescued 27
MAY 1ST. - NEWCASTLE, CLOUGHEY, AND DONAGHADEE, CO. DOWN. In the darkness of the early morning the American steamer Georgetown Victory, of Baltimore, ran ashore at Killard Point, Co. Down,...
Category: Services
Premuda (1)
JANUARY 16TH. - MARGATE, RAMSGATE.
AND WALMER. KENT. At 9.30 P.M. a message was received at Margate from the Margate coastguard that an Italian steamer was sinking close to the North Goodwin Light-vessel. A strong N.E. wind...
The Cromer Life-Boat Ruby and Arthur Reed Examining a Life-Raft Picked Up During the Service to the North Sea Gas Rig Hewitt Alpha on 15Th November 1968
The Cromer life-boat Ruby and Arthur Reed examining a life-raft picked up during the service to the North Sea gas rig Hewitt Alpha on 15th November, 1968.. - View image in PDF
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Pauline Morris Chairman of Newquay Ladies' Guild Cornwall and Her Husband Mr M H Morris Station Honorary Secretary Run a Dance Club In Aid of the Rnli Which
Pauline Morris, chairman of Newquay ladies' guild, Cornwall, and her husband, Mr M. H. Morris, station honorary secretary, run a dance club in aid of the RNLI which meets at the WI Hall every Saturday evening. A small charge is made for... - View image in PDF
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Life-Boat Services In March, April and May. 90 Lives Rescued
DURING March life-boats went out on service 52 times and rescued 48 lives.
TO THE HELP OF BARGES IN THE THAMES Southend-on-Sea, Essex.—At 9.10 in the morning of the 1st of March, 1949, the look-out at Warden Point reported...
Category: Services
Italian Government's Thanks. Services By the Torbay and Hope Cove Life-Boats
ON the night of February 15th of last year an Italian steamer, the Liberta, of Genoa, on her way to Rotterdam, went ashore among the rocks at Bolt Head near Salcombe in Devon. Shortly after midnight the news of the wreck was received at the...
Category: Services
Irish Lifeboat Stations Which Took Part In the Fastnet Race Rescue Operation Last August Were Presented With Special Fastnet Awards By the Irish Federation of Marine Industries the Presentations
Irish lifeboat stations which took part in the Fastnet Race rescue operation last August were presented with special Fastnet awards by the Irish Federation of Marine Industries. The presentations were made by the Federation's... - View image in PDF
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The Isle of Man Steamer Fiona's Isle and Fishing Boat Ludo
Fleetwood, Lancashire.—At 2.45 on the morning of the 8th of June, 1955, thdockmaster rang up to say that the Isle of Man steamer Fiona's Isle had collided with the local fishing boat Ludo while leaving Fleet wood. The Ludo sank, and the...
December
Launches 61. Lives rescued 79.
DECEMBER 1ST. - WHITBY, YORKSHIRE.
While the fishing fleet was out the northerly wind increased until it was blowing strongly, with squalls, bringing a rough sea, which...
Category: Services
Presented to the Prince of Wales at Edinburgh
Left to right: Coxswain John Innes (Newburgh), Coxswain James Cameron (Peterhead), Coxswain Andrew Cunningham (Crail), Mr. G. L. Thomson (Honorary Life Governor of the Institution and Honorary Secretary at Stromness), Second-Coxswain James... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs