LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Miss Evans
.—The steam Life-boat Duke of Northumberland rescued four hands from the schooner Miss^Evans, of Aberystwith, during a strong W.N.W. gale and very heavy sea on the 19th February. The vessel was in the outer roads when her anchor commenced to...
Monimia
Barra Island, Outer Hebrides.—At two o'clock on the afternoon of the 9th of January, 1955, the Stornoway coast- guard telephoned that a message had been received from the Oban radio station that the steam trawler Moni- mia, of Fleetwood,...
Star of Freedom
Barra Island, Outer Hebrides - At 12.10 p.m. on i5th August, 1967, the honorary secretary was informed that a fishing vessel was in difficulties on the east side of Muldoanich Island. Thelife-boat R. A. Colby Cubbin...
Michael Scales
Coxswain Michael Scales of St Peter Port was awarded the gold medal for the service to Bonita on December 13, 1981: he first joined St Peter Port lifeboat crew in 1975, becoming second coxswain in 1980 and coxswain in 1981 (photograph by... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Christmas Cards and Calendars
THE Institution will again have a Christmas card and a pocket calendar for sale. The card will be a repro- duction in colour of the picture on this page. It is a photograph of the 45' 6" Penlee life-boat W.
and S....
Category: Advertisement
The Earl Beaconsfield, of Glasgow
WEXFORD.—At about 8th Feb. 1884, telegrams were received stating that a large fourmast ship was ashore on the Pollock Rocks n Fethard Bay. The wind was blowing a whole gale from the south and the sea was very heavy. Horses were procured as...
Royal National Lifeboat Institution Annual Presentation
blLVhK MkUALb FOR GALLENTRY Coxswain Peter Bisson, St Peter Port - 29 August 1992 Coxswain Bisson and his crew braved force 9 winds and 15-20ft seas to snatch six yachtsmen to safety from the Sena Sioria. During the rescue the yacht's...
Category: Awards
Mr. J. F. Jellico, Hon. Secretary, Port of Liverpool Branch
ME. J. F. JELLICO, the Honorary Secre- tary of the Port of Liverpool Branch, died early in August after a long illness.
He was in his sixty-ninth year. Mr.
Jelliro had been the Honorary Secretary (f that...
Category: Obituaries
Lucky escape
LOCH NESS | 23 MAY
When kayaker Steve McQueen capsized in Loch Ness he was so paralysed by its cold water that he couldn’t swim the 15m to shore. Luckily, his friend made it back afloat and raised the...
Category: Articles
White Rose
GORLESTON.—On the afternoon of the 15th April, the smack White Rose, of Yarmouth, whilst endeavouring to enter Tarmouth Harbour, inconsequence of a heavy ground swell, and a considerable sea on the bar, ran aground on it. A yawl which went...