LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Estelle and Finola
Howth, Co. Dublin. At two o'clock on the afternoon of the 4th of August, 1958, the life-boat R.P.L. left her station for Malahide with twelve collectors for the local flag day on board. She arrived at 2.45, and a quarter of an hour later...
Landes
The motor life-boat William and Kate Johnston put out at 4.54 A.M. on the 3rd January, as the Hoylake coastguard had tele- phoned that the steamer Landes, of Liverpool, was ashore on the revetment, with a heavy list, and wanted immedi- ate...
The Life-Boat House
The boats of the NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION, and all belonging to them, are kept in roomy and substantial boat-houses, under lock and key, in charge of paid coxswains, under the general superintendence of local honorary committees of...
Category: Articles
Coxswain Michael Berry St.Helier
Coxswain Michael Berry, St Helier On September 3, 1983, Coxswain Berry took his lifeboat, the 44ft Waveney class lifeboat Thomas James King, three miles in among rocks to rescue three people from the yacht Cythara in a force 9 strong... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
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DOCTOR'S MISSION At i.20 p.m. on 8th November, 1963, the local medical officer informed the honorary secretary that a patient was in need of medical attention on Inishere Island, and asked for the use of the lifeboat in case the patient...
Coxswain Joseph Mercer
Coxswain Joseph Mercer of Walmer died on the 5th of January, 1961, at the age of 80. He was coxswain from 1935 to 1945, having previously served for eight years as second coxswain. He was award- ed the bronze medal for gallantry for the...
Category: Obituaries
Excel
The Life-boat Four Sisters pro- ceeded through a heavy westerly gale to the Eaxel, a schooner belonging to Mil- ford, which, on the 9th December, was wrecked neat the Owers Lightship. A heavy surf raged along the beach, and a long struggle...
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Category: Advertisement
Meetings of Committee
6th May. THOMAS WILSON, Esq., in the Chair.
Confirmed the Minutes of the Annual General Meeting of the Institution, held on the 22nd April; also of the previous monthly Meeting, and of the Finance, Wreck, and Reward...
Category: Committee
The S.S. Imbros
PORT EYNON, SOUTH WALES.—On the 2nd February, during a thick fog, it was reported that a steamer's whistle had been heard in the direction of Helwick Sands. The Life-boat A Daughter'sOffering was launched at 12.35 P.M., and on...