LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Canoe
MAY 13TH. - GALWAY BAY, AND FENIT, CO. KERRY. Three men, who had left Kilronan in a canoe, had been reported missing, but they reached land in County Clare.
- Rewards : Galway Bay, £13 16s. ; Fenit, £13...
Letters
THANKS 0 We would like to thank you for the copy of THE LIFE-BOAT. We have regularly received free ones over the years and feel that, owing to increased costs, we would like to help meet this as we always take a great interest in the work of...
Category: Correspondence
Spray
Lengthy search but no survivors It is an unfortunate fact that some lifeboat services do not result in the rescue of survivors, a result which inevitably has an effect on the lifeboat crews but which does not affect their dedication to the...
Airy Mouse
St. Peter Port, Guernsey. At 8.15 p.m. on 3rd January, 1964, the duty signalman informed the honorary secretary that red and white flares had been seen on the west coast. There was a gentle southerly breeze with a slight sea, and it was high...
The S.S. Urlana and Thurland Castle (1)
SILVER MEDAL SERVICE AT BARRA ISLAND SEPTEMBER 5TH. - BARRA ISLAND, AND STORNOWAY, HEBRIDES.
At 7 o’clock in the morning a message came from the coastguard that a vessel was ashore on Idrigill Point on the Isle of Skye, 40...
News from the Branches
CENTENARY CELEBRATIONS.
SINCE the " Centenary Celebrations " Number of The Lifeboat appeared in November last a number of other cele- brations have been held.
Cumberland.
A...
Category: Branches
Two Fishing Boats
PORT PATRICK.—On the afternoon of the 19th June two fishing-boats proceeded to the North fishing ground. One of them was fully manned, but the other had been hired by two visitors, and her crew consisted of a man and a boy. Towards evening a...
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Holyhead, Anglesey - At 10.23 p.m.
on 25th June, 1966, a boy was reported to have fallen over the cliff at Church bay. The coastguard rescue team and two helicopters were already searching.
The life-boat...
Zephyros
Cullercoats, and Tynemoutb, North- umberland.—On the same morning, February 26th, 1947, the Greek steamer Zephyros, of Argostoli, a vessel of 4,000 tons, bound, in ballast, from Rouen to the Tyne, was driven ashore during a blizzard at...
Chilprufe
Words of wisdom from Solomon Sheep: "It pays to be woolly-minded!' As a wool expert, Solomon knows that nothing warms you better. That's why he strongly recommends protecting yourself from the elements with Chilprufe woollen...
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