LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Vessel (36)
DECEMBER 6TH. - PORT ASKAIG, ARGYLLSHIRE. A vessel was reported to need help off Skerryvore Lighthouse, but no definite position could be given ; visibility was nil, and the life-boat abandoned the search. A second message was received that...
The Big Plunge:
The Big Plunge: A group of North Devon servicemen took the plunge for charity. Eighteen divers from RAF Chivenor and Locking Sub Aqua Clubs leapt from Barnstaple bridge to raise £600. It took three hours for the men to float four miles... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Services of the Life-Boats of the Institution During 1934
Time of Launching.
Jan. 3. 4.54 a.m.
„ 5. 8.40 p.m.
7. 11.10 a.m.
„ 8. 11.40 a.m.
„ 9. 9.30 p.m.
„ 11. 1.25 p.m.
„...
Category: Services
The "Lloyd's" Motor Life-Boat. Inaugural Ceremony at Cowes
THERE has been a Life-boat Station at Stornoway, Island of Lewis, in the Northern Hebrides since 1887. Last year, owing to the increasing number of wrecks in the Southern Hebrides, it was decided to establish a Station at Barra Island, and...
Category: Inaugurations
Coming In Through the Surf
The new Gourdon motor life-boat of the light Liverpool type, 35 feet 6 inches, by 10 feet 3 inches, arriving at her station last February.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Aberdeen's Severn Class Lifeboat Bon Accord.
Coxswain Rod McGillivray (far left) and the lifeboat crew at the naming ceremony for Aberdeen's Severn class lifeboat Bon Accord.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Professor Sir George Smart BSc MD FRCP
Professor Sir George Smart BSc MD FRCP - Life Vice President.
Category: Obituaries
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Arranmore, Co. Donegal. At 11.50 a.m. on I5th February, 1966, the honorary secretary received an urgent call from the doctor at Bunbeg asking for the assistance of the life-boat W. M. Tihon. A young girl on Tory Island had acute appendicitis...
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APRIL. 15TH. - DONAGHADEE, CO.
DOWN. At midnight on the 14th April, the Donaghadee coastguard asked the life-boat to stand by at the harbour ready to take on board an armed guard. A west wind was blowing, with squalls, and...
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APRIL 26TH. - ARRANMORE, CO. DONEGAL.
An aeroplane had been reported to be in difficulties, but she reached her base.- Rewards, £5 15s. 6d..