LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Harbour Rescue In Darkness
COXSWAIN/MECHANIC Eric T. Offer, of Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin, has been awarded the bronze medal of the Institution for a shore boat service in which he rescued two men who got into difficulties at night in the harbour.
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Category: Services
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MARCH 31ST. - GALWAY BAY. As a matter of grave urgency the local doctor asked for the services of the life-boat to take two of his patients to the mainland for immediate operations. The weather was fine, with a light south-west wind and a...
M.F.V. Andreas
Two fishing vessels A MOTOR FISHING VESSEL sinking off Sarclett Head on her way back from fishing grounds was reported to the honorary secretary of Wick lifeboat station at 0135 on Thursday May 21 by HM Coastguard. The lifeboat crew were...
Howth:
Howth: (above) The new lifeboathouse was dedicated on April 14. (I to r) Mr John Guinness, chairman Howth branch, His Excellency President P. J. Hillery, Lord Killanin, vice-president of the Committee of Management, Father B. Kelly, Mrs Joan... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Samanco
CARNSORE, IRELAND.—On the morning of the 14th December, a mounted messenger arrived at the Life-boat station, stating that the services of the boat were required by a vessel on the Carrick Rocks, Greenore Point. The Life-boat Isis was...
Amor, of Elsfletch
The Bradford life-boat also rescued the crew of 8 men of the brigantine Amor, of Elsfleth, which had stranded on the north- west spit of the Goodwin Sands .....
The S.S. Gorm
LOWESTOFT.—On the 10th November, at about 4 A.M., signals of distress were seen from a vessel on the Holm Sand.
The No. 1 Life-boat Samuel Plimsoll was launched, and on reaching the sand found the s.s. Gorm, of Copenhagen,...
Lt Cdr Brian Miles
Lt Cdr Brian Miles, Director of the RNLI, looks back on 1989 - and forward to a new decade. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Clifton Smith-Cox
AUGUST 1991 Clifton Smith-Cox CBE TD, founder member of Clevedon branch and president from 1974 until his death..
Category: Obituaries
Surgeon Captain F.W. Baskerville
Surgeon Captain F.W.
Baskerville was elected to the Committee of Management in 1964 and was appointed a Vice President in 1974. He became a Life Vice President in 1985..
Category: Obituaries