LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Yachts (1)
SEPTEMBER 20TH. - TORBAY, DEVON.
A north-north-west wind of hurricane force was blowing and the sea was very rough. It was thought advisable for the life-boat to put out, as many yachts, with their crews on board, were at...
Centenary of the Padstow Station
THE Life-boat Station at Padstow has celebrated its Centenary this year.
The first mention of it in the records of the Institution appears under the date, 24th January, 1827, when it was decided to make a grant of £10...
Category: Articles
Port Denison
SEPTEMBER 26TH. - PETERHEAD, ABERDEENSHIRE. At 8. 10 P.M. the coastguard reported a vessel on fire some eight miles north east from their station. A S.W. gale, veering to N.W., was blowing.
There was a moderate swell. The...
Westerook
Wicklow - At 10.55 P-m- on September, 1966, the m.v. Westerook, which had left Wicklow harbour that night bound for Cork, was reported aground on the North Arklow bank and had asked for the assistance of the lifeboat.
The...
Flamingo, of Stavanger
Longhope, Orkneys, and Wick, Caithness-shire - At 11.27 a.m. on 26th January, 1967, it was learned that a vessel was transmitting a Mayday call off Pentland Skerries. The Longhope life-boat T.G.B. was launched at 11.45 in a strong east by...
Marocz
NOVEMBER 4TH. - NEWHAVEN, SUSSEX.
At seven in the morning the coastguard reported a ship ashore at Rottingdean.
A strong south-west wind was blowing, with a rough sea. The motor life-boat Cecil and Lilian...
"Lest We Forget." November 11th, 1891: November 11th, 1918
By the Rev. WILBERFORCE ROBINS, Honorary Secretary of the Seaton Branch.
Mr. Robins, who became the honorary secretary of the Seaton branch last year, has an association of nearly fifty years with the life-boat service....
Category: Articles
Sarna
Donaghadee, Co. Down - At 4.30 p.m. on 24th July, 1966, a small motor boat appeared in difficulties off Millisle.
There was a strong northerly wind with avery rough sea. The tide was ebbing.
The life-boat...
Life-Boat Calendar and Christmas Card
The Calendar.
THE Institution is again issuing a life- boat calendar and a Christmas card.
The calendar will have on it a reproduction in colours of a picture by the late Mr. Charles Dixon, R.I., of the...
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Sensitive
At 8 o'clock on the morning of October 19th intelligence reached the station of a vessel being on the north end of the Arklow Bank. It was then blowing a moderate gale from the S.E. with very high sea. The Life-boat Out-Pensioner was...