LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Late Mr. Joseph Devlin, M.P.
THE death recently in Belfast of Mr.
Joseph Devlin, the Nationalist Member of Parliament, recalls a notable appeal which he made on one occasion at the annual meeting of the Belfast Branch of the Institution in the Belfast...
Category: Obituaries
The Rev. The Earl of Devon and Commander Sir Harry Mainwaring, Bt., R.N.V.R.
THE committee of management deeply regret the loss of two of their col- leagues, The Rev. the Earl of Devon and Commander Sir Harry Mainwaring, Bt., R.N.V.R.
The Earl of Devon, who died suddenly on 8th February, at the age...
Category: Obituaries
The S.S. Celt
Barrow, Lancashire.—At 12.40 early on the morning of the 6th of May, 1954, the Walney Island coastguard telephoned that a "Mayday" distress message had been received from the S.S. Celt, of Glasgow, ten miles south of St. Bees Head....
Gay Nixie
Weymouth, Dorset.—At 6.45 on the morning of the 12th of July, 1957, the Wyke Regis coastguard telephoned that H.M.S. Urania had reported a yacht in need of help a mile and a half north- east of Weymouth harbour. The life- boat William and...
Colston
Dfracombe, Devon. At 5.50 on the evening of the 1st of September, 1960, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a member of the crew of the m.v. Colston was seriously ill and needed hospital treatment, and asked if the life-boat...
Two Dinghies
TWO DINGHIES TOWED At 7.15 p.m. on ist August, 1964, a member of the life-boat crew told the honorary secretary that three youths who had hired one of his boats were having difficulty in returning and that he had sent out an outboard motor...
Cap Lizard
ALONE IN YACHT At 12.58 p.m. on 2ist September, 1964, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a yacht with one man aboard was reported to be in distress 35 miles south-east of Lizard lighthouse, and was asking for a tow to Penzance....
The S.S. Sobo
Porthdinllaen, Caernarvonshire. At 1.40 on the afternoon of the 5th of September, 1959, the coastguard in- formed the honorary secretary that a member of the crew of the s.s. Sobo of Liverpool had severely injured his head in an...
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An American Tank Landing Craft
OCTOBER 13TH. - WEYMOUTH, DORSET.
Late in the afternoon an American tank landing craft, manned by about a dozen British naval men, had got into difficulties off the Chesil Beach in a heavy south-west gale, with a very rough...