LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

DECEMBER 3RD. - ROSSLARE HARBOUR, CO. WEXFORD. At about 11.20 P.M. on the 2nd December a terrific explosion was heard, followed by a series of small explosions, and then rockets were seen going up from the Tuskar Rock...

OCT. 26TH. - RAMSEY, ISLE OF MAN.

A drifter had been reported as flying distress signals, but she got in to the shelter of Douglas Bay unaided. The life-boat was out for nearly five hours in a gale with a heavy sea. -...

A strong N.W.

gale was blowing, and about 1.30 P.M.

on the 6th January, the s.s. Tetlujs (a new sand pump dredger), bound from Glasgow to Sydney, N.S.W., made for Hayle through stress of weather ; after...

Pier rescue attempt THE CHIEF SECURITY OFFICER of Brighton Palace Pier, Graham Sweetman, was in his office at the shore end of the pier with his part-time colleague Payman Akhaveissy, an Iranian student, at 1615 on the afternoon of Sunday...

In the New Year Honours List, the BEM was awarded to Frank Moore, motor mechanic of Barrow lifeboat since 1954. He was assistant motor mechanic at Barrow from 1937 to 1953.

* * * It is with deep regret that we announce the...

Redcar, Yorskhire.—22nd October, 1939. Information had been re- ceived through the coastguard from the senior naval officer at Newcastle that there had been a collision off Maske, one of the vessels being H.M.

Destroyer...

Barrus supplied Mariner outboard engines to the RNLI for over twenty years, we also lead the field in the distribution of high quality engine powered productrs within the Farm and Garden, Industrial and marine markets, through selected...

The Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, life-boat James & Mariska Joicey—she is a 48-foot 6-inch Solent type with a steel hull—undergoing capsizing tests before going to her station. The pictures show her upside down and, seconds later, back on an... - View image in PDF