LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

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Peterhead, Aberdeenshire.—At 5.40 in the evening, on the 30th of No- vember, 1950, the coastguard reported that a vessel was making a flare off North Head. At 5.55 the life-boat Julia Park Barry, of Glasgow, was launched in a moderate sea...

Youngsters 'bop the night away' at Glasgow's Twelfth Night Ball. Photo Paul Reid. - View image in PDF

Seven-hour service to cargo vessel in storm conditions Giving help to the 400-ton cargo vessel Calf Sound kept Eyemouth's 44ft Waveney busy for some seven hours in winds of up to Force 10 on 25 March 1988. The vessel was anchored about...

Small boats in trouble Tenby - West Division Tenby's D class inflatable Charlie B was called to three small-boat casualties in two days during the late spring bank holiday when strong westerly winds reached Force 8. Two calls on one day...

DUNGARVON. — A life-boat station has been established at Dungarvon, in County Waterford, and a 30 ft., single-banked, selfrighting boat, on the Institution's plan, together with a good carriage, has been provided by the Society, a good...

AT three in the afternoon of Sunday, the 3rd of April, the coastguard at Rossall told the coxswain of the life-boat that they could see a vessel outside the harbour in a dangerous position. She was about two miles away to the north-west of...

The spirit of Tradition Michel Martell, the seventh generation of the Martell family to head this prestigious company, founded in 1715, was in England when the announcement was made to phase out the traditional Naval rum ration in 1970. This...