LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Two Fine Services
Plymouth.
ON the 3rd October the Plymouth Life- boat was launched shortly before 10 P.M., in a strong southerly gale, with heavy rain and a very heavy sea, to the help of a vessel which had been driven ashore on the eastern...
Category: Services
Marie
NEWHAVEN.—On the 3rd January last, a dismasted vessel having been seen off the harbour, the Life-boat Michael Henry proceeded out to her. The wind was blowing moderately from W.S.W. and a heavy sea was running. On arriving at the vessel it...
Awards to Coxswains and Life-Boatmen
To THOMAS PATTON, on his retirement, alter serving for 27J years as Coxswain of the Portrush Life-boat, a Coxswain's Certificate of Service, and a Pension.
To MATTHEW GRUNNILL, on his retirement, after serving for 23J...
Category: Awards
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Creyv^board^boat face danger and tragedy inside cave on Atlantic coastThe crew of the Arun stationed at Ballyglass on the exposed north west coast of Ireland faced unusual dangers last October when the lifeboat and her Y-Boat were involved...
Nuncio
NEW BBIGHTON.—The steam-tug Hover came to the New Brighton stage at about 6 P.M. on the 5th October for the Lifeboat, as there was a ship in distress on the Little Burbo Bank. The Stuart Hay Life-boat was at once manned, taken in tow by the...
Book Reviews
• A new edition of First Aid for Lifeboat Crews has been compiled by the RNLI Medical and Survival Committee and will be issued this summer by authority of the Committee of Management to all lifeboat stations.
This book...
Category: Articles
New man at helm
The RNLI’s new Chief Executive Paul Boissier has been in post since September 2009. He tells the Lifeboat: ‘This job is all about stewardship.
In time I’ll need to hand over the charity in as good a shape as it is today....
Category: Articles
Coxswain John Boyle, of Arranmore
ONE of the most distinguished of Irish coxswains, John Boyle, of Arranmore, died on the 5th of September, 1949, at the age of 57. He served as an officer of the life-boat for 23 years, as bow- man from 1926 to 1928, and then as coxswain...
Category: Obituaries
Agnes and Betsy
At 2.15 P.M on the 17th January the coastguard tele- E honed to the coxswain that the small shing boat Agnes and Betsy had not returned from the fishing grounds. A whole W.S.W. gale was blowing, with a very heavy sea. The motor...
A Working Scale Model of a Typical North West Durham Coal Mine Has Been Made By Mr J C Robinson Ofmedomsley the Model Which Is In Mr Robinson's Garden Took 15 Years to Build and Ev
A working, scale model of a typical north west Durham coal mine has been made by Mr J. C. Robinson ofMedomsley. The model, which is in Mr Robinson's garden, took 15 years to build and every unit works. With the help of seven assistants,... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs