LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Starving Crew
ON 27th October, when the motor life-boat from Pwllheli was out on practice in half a gale, with a heavy sea running, she was hailed by the steamer Marjorie, of Liverpool, anchored in St. Tudwal's Roads. The Marjorie was on her way to...
Category: Services
An Aeroplane (44)
JULY 13TH. - CROMER, NORFOLK. An aeroplane had been reported down in the sea twenty-five miles E.N.E. of Cromer, but the crew of three were picked up by a patrol vessel-Rewards, £13 6s. 6d..
An Admiralty Minelayer
NOVEMBER 22ND. - BARMOUTH, MERIONETHSHIRE, AND PWLLHELI, CAERNARVONSHIRE. An Admiralty minelayer had run aground, but her crew were saved from the shore by the coastguard life-saving apparatus. - Rewards, Barmouth, £8 6s. ; Pwllheli,...
Book Corner
• Much in demand in recent years but soon out of print after its appearance in 1958, Cyril Jolly's book HenryBlogg ofCromer (George Harrap.
£1.90) has been reprinted with the usual...
Category: Articles
Seasoned Lifesavers
Every summer, RNLI lifeguards patrol more than 240 beaches across the UK and Channel Islands, keeping thousands of beachgoers safe. But how can we keep people safe as winter approaches?
A scheme being trialled on some of...
Category: Articles
Bornrif
Montrose, Angus.—On the morning of the 12th January the Dutch motor vessel Bornrif, of Groningen, drove ashore on the Annat Bank. She was bound in ballast from Grangemouth to Montrose, and carried a crew of five.
A strong S...
St. Clare
NOV. 29TH. - ARKLOW, CO. WICKLOW.
At 7.45 P.M. it was reported that the small fishing boat St. Clare, of Arklow, was burning flares in Arklow Bay. The sea was rough, with a westerly gale blowing. The coxswain and the second...
Launches
ABERDEEN ON-124S(17-24):Mar 9,Apr 9.15 D-536:Mar 27,Apr 9 ABERSOCH B-790:Apr9(x2).10 ABERYSTWYTH B-704:Apr 22,25 ACHILL ISLAND ON-1240(14-28)Aprn AITH ON-123Z(17-14):)an 30,Mar 9,27 ALDEBURGH ON-ll93(l2-34):Feb11.
Mar 4Apr...
Category: Services
Mr. Linton Thorp, K.C.
THE Committee of Management have lost a very active member by the sud- den death, on the 6th of July, at the age of 66, of Mr. Linton • Thorp, K.C., LL.B., J.P., Recorder of Saffron Walden and Maldon, and at one time a judge in Egypt and...
Category: Obituaries