LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Seafire Aircraft
Clogher Head, Co. Louth; and Howth, Co. Dublin.—At 3.40 on the afternoon of the 22nd of May, 1953, the Air Control Officer, Irish Air Corps, at Baldonnell rang up the Clogher Head life-boat station to say that a Seafire aircraft of the Irish...
Sharon
Minehead, Somerset, and Life-boat 70-001 at Clovelly-At 12.50 a.m. on 24th September, 1967, it was learnt that a youth had taken out a yacht which was now drifting out to sea. The life-boat B.H.M.H. was launched at 1.12 in a light variable...
A Motor Fishing Vessel
Whitehills, Banffshire. At 7.30 on the morning of the 26th of August, 1960, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a motor fishing vessel was ashore one mile east of Pennan. The life-boat St. Andrew (Civil Service...
Ideaal
Walmer, Kent - At 3.55 p.m. on 23rd July, 1967, the coastguard informed thehonorary secretary that fire had broken out on board the cabin cruiser Ideaal which was one mile south east of the South Goodwin lightship. The life-boat Charles...
The American Steamer George Vickers, of Baltimore
MARCH 26TH. - THE MUMBLES, GLAMORGANSHIRE.
At 2.45 in the morning the coastguard reported that the American steamer George Vickers, of Baltimore, was asking for a boat to land two of her crew, who were seriously ill. As no...
Model Lifeboats
THREE SCALE WORKING MODEL lifeboats meet on the water; each is radio controlled, powered by twin 6v electric motors; each is painted in authentic RNLI colours; and each has been made by a Lifeboat Enthusiast.
The model of...
Category: Articles
OTHER IRB LAUNCHES
In addition to the services by IRBs which resulted in saving lives and which are recorded on lages 120, 130, 134, the following launches on service were made during the months September, October and November, 1969, inclusive: Abersoch,...
Category: Services
Lifeboat Lottery
Summer winners Thank you to all of you who supported the RNLI summer 2005 Lifeboat Lottery, which raised over £470,000.
The first prize, an 18-day Mediterranean cruise, was won by Mr Head from Middlesex....
Category: Articles
Dorothy
LIFE-BOAT REFLOATS GROUNDED COBLE Bridlington, Yorkshire. At 8.40 a.m. on Friday the 30th August, 1963, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that the fishing coble Dorothy was ashore at Danes Dyke and that another coble was going to...
Two Barges
MARCH 5TH. - WALMER, KENT. Two large barges, which had broken away from a tug, were drifting towards the Goodwin Sands. The life-boat went alongside them and made sure that there was no one on board. She could not take them in tow, and as...