LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Austrian Brig, Tregiste
On the 14th Nov. the Austrian brig, Tregiste, 333 tons, of Trieste, anchored for shelter, during a terrific gale from the east, under Lambay Island, near Dublin.
On the 15th she had dragged her anchors nearly half way...
SICK SKIPPER
FRASERBURGH | 29 NOVEMBER
Volunteer crew at Fraserburgh acted quickly when a skipper of a nearby fishing boat made an emergency call for help after falling ill. The crew aboard the all-weather lifeboat left the harbour immediately...
Category: Services
Today's Lifeboatmen
John Devereux, 43, of Kilmore Quay lifeboat station joined the crew in 1968 and served as assistant motor mechanic in the years from April 1974 to January 1982, when he was appointed coxswain.
On Christmas Eve 1977, Kilmore...
Category: Articles
A Steamer (20)
MARCH 17TH. - PORT ST. MARY, AND DOUGLAS, ISLE OF MAN. A steamer had stranded, near Fort Island, Isle of Man, but the crew were rescued from the shore by the coastguard life-saving apparatus. - Rewards : Port St. Mary, £25 8s. 9d. ;...
Notes of the Quarter
FOLLOWING the birth of a son to Their Royal Highnesses The Prince and Princess of Wales a letter of congratulations and good wishes was sent to Buckingham Palace by Rear Admiral W. J.
Graham, the director, on behalf of...
Category: Articles
Mrs J B Ritchie President of Ramsey Branch and Ladies' Guild and Donor of Ramsey's 37Ft Oakley Lifeboat James Ball Ritchie and Port St.Mary's 54Ft Arun the Gough Ritchie Was Awarded Hon
Mrs J. B. Ritchie, president of Ramsey branch and ladies' guild and donor of Ramsey's 37ft Oakley lifeboat James Ball Ritchie and Port St Mary's 54ft Arun The Gough Ritchie, was awarded honorary life governorship of the... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Peterhead:
Peterhead: Very strong winds and heavy seas were experienced in the Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, area during January this year. On Sunday January 22 the 48ft 6in Solent class lifeboat James and Mariska Joicey launched at 0248 to stand by an oil... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Golf Competition
IN 1933, for the third tune, an appeal was made to golf clubs to hold a com- petition in aid of the life-boat service.
In 1931 it was made to the principal clubs in Kent, Surrey and Sussex; in 1932 to the principal clubs in...
Category: Articles
Anastassios Pateras
Clogher Head, Co. Louth; Cloughey, and Newcastle, Co. Down.—At 11.15 A.M., on the 17th November, 1937, the Clogher Head motor life-boat Mary Ann Blunt was launched in an easterly gale, with a very heavy sea and rain, to search for a vessel...
Anastassios Pateras (2)
Clogher Head, Co. Louth; Cloughey, and Newcastle, Co. Down.—At 11.15 A.M., on the 17th November, 1937, the Clogher Head motor life-boat Mary Ann Blunt was launched in an easterly gale, with a very heavy sea and rain, to search for a vessel...