LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Home from the Sea:
Home from the sea: a welcome through the airport window for Ha/lur Helgason, third engineer of the Icelandic coaster Tungufoss, from his wife and his little son Halli.
Hallur Helgason was one of the crew of 11 rescued by... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Centenaries of Life-Boat Stations
Presentation of Vellums Signed by the Prince of Wales.
TEN Centenary Vellums were pre- sented to Stations during the year 1931, and two more presentations were made in 1930 in addition to the ten previously reported in...
Category: Articles
Inaugural Ceremony of the "Oldham" Motor Life-Boat
THE Inaugural Ceremony of the new Motor Life-boat at Hoylake, Cheshire, took place on 9th June. This boat has been provided out of the Oldham Life- boat Fund, which was started just over fifty years ago, and towards which by special appeals,...
Category: Inaugurations
Five of Hearts
Great Yarmouth and Gorleston, Norfolk.—At 9.40 on the night of the 2nd of October, 1952, the police re- ported that a motor cruiser was in difficulties about one mile from Brey- don Swing Bridge, and at 10.10 the life-boat Mary Scott, on...
The Lighthouse
THREE months at sea, and one on shore; Three months at sea—yet not afloat j Around our home the breakers roar, Yet own we neither ship nor boat.
Rock-based, amid the swirl of foam, The lighthouse stands—it is our...
Category: Poetry
A Royal engagement
Lifeboat naming ceremonies are always significant occasions, but few have attracted as much attention as the one that took place at Trearddur Bay Lifeboat Station, Anglesey, in February.
The world’s media mingled with over...
Category: Articles
The S.S. Matra
NOV. 13TH. - MARGATE, KENT. At 6.54 P.M. a messagc was received from the coastguard that a vessel was burning flares near the Tongue Light-vessel. A fresh S.W.
breeze was blowing. The sea was smooth.
At...
District Conferences In the North of England and London
CONFERENCES ! We live in an age of Conferences. Never have there been so many. They range over the whole field of human activity, social, political, economic and scientific. At one moment we see the representative statesmen of the world...
Category: Meetings
Mr David F Aubrey Honorary Secretary of the Port Talbot Ilb Station Writes: "The Mayor on December 8 1972 Invited the Crew for Tea In His Parlour
Mr David F. Aubrey, honorary secretary of the Port Talbot ILB station, writes: "The Mayor on December 8, 1972, invited the crew for tea in his parlour, and during the afternoon lie agreed to sign up for Shoreline and gave the project... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
An Aeroplane
Donaghadee, Co. Down, and Portpatrick, Wigtownshire.—13th July. Aeroplane down, and crew picked up by steamer.
Rewards, Donaghadee, £5 12s. 6d.; Portpatrick, £6 15s. Qd..