LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Ketches F. H. Bolt and Anne, and Crabbers St. Eloi, Susanne Yvonne, etc
ON the 29th July the St. Ives Life-boat performed a series of arduous services, going out five times to the rescue of no fewer than ten vessels, and saving forty men, in the course of seven hours.
On the 28th July a strong...
The Annual Meeting
THE hundred and thirteenth Annual Meeting of the governors of the Institu- tion was held at the Central Hall, Westminster, at 3 P.M. on Friday, 9th April. Nearly 2,000 people were present.
H.R.H. the Duke of Kent, K.G.,...
Category: Meetings
Brothers In IRB Save Three
Two brothers who manned the Exmouth inshore rescue boat and who were washed overboard in an attempted rescue, have each been accorded the thanks of the Institution inscribed on vellum. They are Mr. Peter Rowsell, the helmsman, and Mr. Brian...
Category: Services
COLD REALITY
Lifeboat crews will always be ready to rescue when the call for help comes in. But with commercial fishing one of the most dangerous peacetime occupations, how can the RNLI help our fishermen to improve their chances before help arrives?<...
Category: Articles
Fishing Boats
A large number of fishing-boats were running for the harbour during a heavy gale of wind from the S.W. and a rough sea, on the morning of the 24th of April.
At 8 o'clock the Dora was launched, and remained afloat eight...
Inshore Lifeboat Services September October and November 1976
Aberdovcy, Gwynedd September 12, 27 and November 11.
Abersoch, Gwynedd September 15 and November 14.
Aberystwyth, Dyfed September 5 and October 27.
Arbroath, Tayside October 26.Atlantic...
Category: Services
Trinity House
FOR MORE THAN FOUR HUNDRED YEARS the Corporation of Trinity House, with its headquarters on Tower Hill, London, has been concerned with the safety of shipping, the progress of navigation and the welfare of seamen. Despite its venerable age,...
Category: Articles
Inshore Lifeboat Services June July and August 1977
Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire July 16.
Aberdovey, Gwynedd June 5 (twice), 9 (twice), July 3 (3 times), 7, 10, 26, August 4, 17 and 20.
Abersoch, Gwynedd June 5, 10, 16, 30, July 11, 18, 21, August 11, 20, 21 and...
Category: Services
Abandoned ship
Five French fishermen took to their liferaft in the early hours of Tuesday 8 March when their 17m trawler Cap Lizard ran aground half a mile from Alderney. The island’s Trent class lifeboat Roy Barker...
Category: Articles
A Speed Boat
Speedboat AT 1734 on Bank Holiday Monday, August 1986, the crews of Sheerness' 44ft Waveney and 16ft D class inflatable lifeboats were alerted by the duty officer at the Medway Port Office, following reports from Thames Coastguards of a...