LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Libra
Fenit, Co. Kerry.—At 2.30 on the after- noon of the 1st of February, 1957, a message was received from Ballydavid that six men who were freeing the anchor chain of their motor vessel Libra had been blown ashore in their ship's boat and...
Jens S.
The Mumbles, Glamorganshire - At 2.42 a.m. on 3ist July, 1967, it was learnt that a vessel had fired red flares two and a hah0 miles south east of the Scarweather lightvessel. At 3 o'clock the lifeboat William Gammon - Manchester and...
RNLI to Benefit from a Commercial Card
The life-boat service is to benefit from a Christmas card attractively illus- trated by a reproduction of a painting by Richard Eurich, R.A., showing the Britannia lying off Yarmouth, Isle of Wight. Through the generosity of the owner of the...
Category: Advertisement
A Sailboard
Carried off shore LIVERPOOL COASTGUARD informed the honorary secretary of Fleetwood lifeboat station at 1749 on Friday March 23, 1984, that a board sailor was in trouble a short distance from the shore opposite Rossall Hospital. Maroons were...
Ray Rushton
Ray Rushton has been raising money for D class inflatable lifeboats for some years in sponsorship of his veteran car in the London to Brighton Run. He was also responsible for an RNLI benefit night at Wimbledon Greyhound Stadium which,... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Chief Inspector Retires
THE retirement of Commander T. G.
Michelmore, O.B.E., R.D., R.N.R., the Chief Inspector of Life-boats, takes effect from the 30th of June, 1958.
Commander Michelmore joined the Life-boat Service as a...
Category: Articles
The Life-Boat Service In Ireland
Organising Secretary for Ireland VERY few people who are not associ- ated with the Life-boat Service seem to know that the life-boats on the coasts of Eire are controlled by the Royal National Life-boat Institution, and that as far as the...
Category: Articles
Mercantile Credit
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Category: Advertisement
North Star
JULY 2 1 ST. - CLOGHER HEAD, CO.
LOUTH. At 10.15 P.M. the civic guard reported a boat in distress about four miles to the north. A north-westerly off-shore wind was blowing, with a choppy sea. The motor life-boat Mary Ann...