LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Services of the Life-Boats of the Royal National Life-Boat Institution
KILMORE, Co. WEXFORD.—On the 2nd j January 1900 the Life-boat John Robert ' was launched at 1.45 A.M., rockets and guns having been fired from the Barrels Bock Light-vessel. A light S.E. wind was blowing at the time, the sea was moderate...
Category: Services
A Canoe
Dunmore East, Co. Waterford.—At 8.30 on the evening of the 12th of August, 1950, some visitors said that a canvas canoe seemed to be in diffi- culties two miles south-east of Dunmore.
A man and a boy of twelve were...
PATRICK MURPHY
Ex-Coxswain Patrick Murphy, of Newcastle, Co. Down, a gold medal holder, died on 28th January, 1969, at the age of 81. His first recorded service with the life-boats was in 1914, and in 1942 he won the gold medal for rescuing 39 men under...
Category: Obituaries
Three Yachts
Vellum service LAST QUARTER'S issue of THE LIFEBOAT reported a service on May 25, 1986 by Ramsey lifeboat to three yachts in trouble at the end of Isle of Man's round the island race. The three yachts were towed one after the other...
Mayfly
On the evening of the 28th July telephone messages were received from the Coast- guard that a small yacht was at anchor in a dangerous position about 300 yards off shore, and that she would probably take tie ground and capsize when the tide...
Michel Martell, Senior Partner of His Family Firm In Cognac, In the Wheelhouse of the Southend Life-Boat on the Occasion of the First Issue of Brandy to a Life-Boat Station. As Stated Elsewhere, the H
Michel Martell, senior partner of his family firm in Cognac, in the wheelhouse of the Southend life-boat on the occasion of the first issue of brandy to a life-boat station. As stated elsewhere, the House of Martell has donated cognac to... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The S.S. Haller
At 9 A.M. on the 1st October Coxswain John Haylett was informed that a steamer was ashore on the north part of the Scroby Sands.
The No. 2 Life-boat Nancy Lucy was launched with the least possible delay and proceeded to the...
Colombo
WALMER.—At about 3.15 A.M. on the 28th June, it was reported that a ship was ashore on the Goodwin Sands. The Life-boat Centurion accordingly proceeded to the inner part of the South Sand Head, and found the ship Colombo, of Greenock, ashore...
The American Steamer Chrysanthy Star and Energetic
Cadgwith, and Penlee, Cornwall and St. Mary's, Isles of Scilly.—At 11.5 on the night of the 25th of June, 1948, during a thick fog, the Cadgwith coast- guard telephoned the Cadgwith life- boat station that the American steamer Chrysanthy...
Portrait on the Cover
THE portrait on the cover is of Hubert Ernest Petit, who has been coxswain of the St. Peter Port, Guernsey, life- boat since 1948. The photograph, which was taken by Mr. Carel Toms, shows the coxswain at the wheel dur- ing the voyage of...
Category: Articles