LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The S.S. Binnendijk
Weymouth, Dorset.—At 11.15 P.M.
* * on the 7th October, 1939, the coastguard informed the life-boat station that signals of distress had been seen near Grove Point. A message was received a few minutes later that a ship was...
Capable
On the 6th August the motor vessel Capable, of London, ran aground in Bigbury Bay in a dense fog, while bound to London with a cargo of stone.
She carried a crew of eight. The Master sent a man ashore, and the news was sent...
A Remarkable Life-Boat Launch
THE LIFE-BOAT FLEET Motor Life-boats, 120 :: Pulling & Sailing Life-boats, 56 LIVES RESCUED from the foundation of the Institution in 1824 to September 30th, 1933 .... 63,450 A Remarkable Life-boat...
Category: Articles
Other IRB Launches
In addition to the services by IRBs which resulted in saving lives and which are recorded on pages 579, 588, 593, the following launches on service were made during the months September to November, 1968, inclusive: Aberdovey, Merionethshire...
Category: Services
July (1)
MEENLARAGH, Co. DONEGAL. At about four in the afternoon of 7th March, 1942, the motor boat Pride of Drumcliffe, with a crew of six men, was returning to the mainland with mails from Tory Island. As she got near the island in Innishbofin Bay,...
Category: Services
Question In the House
In the House of Commons on llth December, 1967, there was a written question put by Mr. Edward Rowlands, M.P. for Cardiff North, on the R.N.L.L Mr. Rowlands asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he would take steps to provide a...
Category: Articles
The S.S. Flimston
MARCH 9TH - 29TH. - HARTLEPOOL, DURHAM, AND TEESMOUTH, YORKSHIRE.
At 7.45 in the morning the coastguard reported a vessel aground. She was the S.S. Flimston, of over 4,500 tons, laden with steel and with a crew of 38. She...
The Life-Boat
" MAN the life-boat! man the life-boat! Hearts of oak, the tempest brave; See, the shatter'd vessel staggers; Hound her billows foam and rave.
See the ark of refuge launching: See her hardy crew prepare For the...
Category: Poetry
Rainbow Flowers,
by POST from GUERNSEY for Birthdays, Thank-you's and Anniversaries CODE CARNATIONS (mixed colours) OC10 10 Luxury Carnations Special offer £9.95 C18 18 Luxury Carnations iH.OO C24 24 Luxury Carnations J116.95 FREES1AS (mixed...
Category: Articles
David and Pat Harris
David and Pal Hams presenting their bowl to RNLI members at Portaferry. The family have close contacts with Newcastle. - View image in PDF
Photos counesy of Poole Botougti Council. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs