LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

Porthcawl - Wales and West Mercia Division In its literal translation from Welsh, 'port - cawl' means 'port of boiling broth' as the seaside resort faces brutal prevailing Westerly winds and currents - and the highest rise... - View image in PDF

SEPTEMBER 3RD. - DONAGHADEE, CO.

DOWN. At five o’clock in the afternoon it was learned that a yacht was in distress off the Copeland Islands in Belfast Lough. A south-south-east gale was blowing, with a very rough sea. The...

The Government patrol boat Lord fie Ramsey stranded at the entrance of Newhaven Harbour on the 9th April, during a moderate N.W. gale and rough sea. As it was feared that the crew were in danger the Motor Life-boat Sir FiizRoy Clayton was...

THE table below gives details of the services of the life-boats during a period of twenty-four hours on the 28th-29th of July.

Station Launches Casualty Hours at sea Lives rescued ...

Coxswain Richard Walsh, of the Rosslare Harbour, County Wexford, life-boat—the new 48-foot 6-inch Oakley which is described on page 678. He became bowman in 1938, second coxswain in 1941 and finally coxswain in 1946. Coxswain Walsh was... - View image in PDF

SOUTHPORT, LANCASHIRE.—The Life- boat on this station was rapidly becoming unfit for further service, and it has there- fore been replaced by a new 10-oared boat, 34 feet long, and 8J feet wide. The legacy of 5001. bequeathed to the...

Plymouth, Devon.—The Motor Life- boat Robert and Marcella Beck was launched at 9.5 P.M. on the 27th October to the help of the ketch Millom Castle, of Plymouth. A strong W.N.W. gale was blowing, with a very heavy and confused sea, and the...

In The Crinan Canal The Converted " John Groome " On Her Way To Skye. - View image in PDF