LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Two Intrepid Travellers John Ford and Melvyn Webster Made a 1000 Mile Dash Last October from St.Helier Jersey to Aith Shetland and Raised £2250 for the Rnli
Two intrepid travellers, John Ford and Melvyn Webster, made a 1,000 mile dash last October from St Helier, Jersey, to Aith, Shetland, and raised £2,250 for the RNLI.
First they flew from St Helier to Southampton, this... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
A Motor Boat
St. David's, Pembrokeshire.—At eight o'clock on the evening of the 20th of August, 1955, the coastguard rang up to say that the motor boat from Ramsey Island bound for St. Justinian had broken down and was drifting past St. David'...
The Auxiliary Gaff Yawl Duet
MAINMAST SNAPS IN TALL SHIPS RACE St. Peter Port, Guernsey. On the 14th August, 1962, the 50-foot auxiliary gaff yawl Duet had been taking part in the Tall Ships Race and was about twentyfive miles off the west coast of Guernsey on the way...
Sea Ranger
St. Mary's, Scilly Islands. At 10 p.m.
on 2nd August, 1965, the motor yacht Queen of the Isles reported that a yacht was sinking three miles east of Menawethan.
Fifteen minutes later the lifeboat...
Summary of the Meetings of the Committee
THURSDAY, 14th January, 1897.
Sir EDWARD BIRKBECK, Bart., V.P., in the Chair.
Read and confirmed the Minutes of the previous meeting.
Also read those of the Building, Finance and...
Category: Committee
The S.S. Empire Dolphin (1)
St. David's, and Fishguard, Pembroke' shire.—At about 2.30 in the afternoon of February 21st, 1947, the coastguard reported that the S.S. Empire Dolphin, of Glasgow, a tanker of 7,000 tons, with six men on board, was drifting out of...
Killurin
St. Helier, Jersey.—At 5.20 ill the morning of the 7th of February, 1950, the Harbour Office telephoned to say the St. Helier pilot boat had wirelessed that the motor vessel Killurin, of London, had run on the rocks, later identified as Les...
Rainbow Flowers,
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Category: Advertisement
An Evening By the Sea
IT is a beauteous evening, calm and free; The holy time is quiet as a nun Breathless with adoration; the broad sun Is smiling down in its tranquillity; The gentleness of heaven is on the sea; Listen!—the Mighty Being is awake, And doth with...
Category: Poetry
Lieut-Colonel Sir William Hillary, Bt., Founder of the Institution
From a photograph of a cast of an alabaster medallion of Hillary by Wyon, engraver of the Kings Seals, who also designed the Institution's Medals. After Hillary's death in 1847, his grand-daughters presented the medallion to Mr. J. H... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs