LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
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Kilmore, Wexford.—At half past two in the afternoon on the 8th of August, 1949, a signal fire was seen on the Great Saltee Island. Two men were known to be camping there and, as a strong south-westerly breeze was blowing with a rough sea and...
The Longest Loaf In the World: Coventry Mercia Round Table Giving Effect to An Idea By Tom Commander Was Responsible In 1975 for a New Entry In the Guinness Book Of
The longest loaf in the world: Coventry Mercia Round Table, giving effect to an idea by Tom Commander, was responsible in 1975 for a new entry in the Guinness Book of Records, and for the raising of about £4,000 for the... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Keen Minister
In acknowledging the R.N.L.I.'s thanks for his services as chaplain to the St. Mary's, Scilly Islands, life-boat Guy and Clare Hunter, the Rev. George Waddington, who is taking up a new appointment at Paisley, is further offering his...
Category: Articles
A Bronze Medal Service at Holyhead
ON the night of the 25th of October, 1949, a whole northerly gale was blow- ing at Holyhead with violent squalls at forty and fifty miles an hour. The sea was very rough; the night dark with heavy squalls of rain.
A small...
Category: Services
Relief Fleet - Tyne class Mariners Friend
The Relief fleet Tyne class lifeboat Mariners Friend on the River Medina during the naming and dedication ceremony held at Cowes Base on Wednesday 20 September 1989. (Photo Jeff Morris). - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
A Small Sailing Yacht
Clacton-on-Sea, Essex.—31st August, 1939. A small sailing yacht with two men on board had broken adrift and was being carried out to sea in a dense fog, but when the motor life-boat found her she was safely at anchor and did not need...
Two Steamers
23rd Feb- ruary. Two steamers had been in collision about a mile N.E. of the Mid Barrow light-vessel, but did not need help. The owners of one of the steamers, the South Metropolitan Gas Company, sent a letter of thanks.— Rewards, £23...
The American Steamer Andrew Furuseth
MAY 1 S T. - THE HUMBER, YORKSHIRE.
The American steamer Andrew Furuseth, had been damaged in a collision, but did not need the help of a life-boat. - Paid permanent crew..
Swimmers Make a Record Splash: Stourbridge Schoolchildren
Swimmers make a record splash: Stourbridge schoolchildren show the amount they raised for the lifeboat service at a swimming gala. Pupils from 14 schools took part in a fun event organised by swimming teacher Mrs Joan Hadley as a grand... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Into the surf
RESCUE6When three teenage girls got trapped in a gulley at the base of cliffs in Caerfai Bay on 5 August, their lives were very much in danger. St Davids’ eponymous D class Saint David Dewi Sant was launched but couldn’t get close enough due...
Category: Articles