LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Christian
DUNGARVAN.—On the morning of the 20th February, a bright light was seen shining through a heavy snow-storm and it was at once concluded that it was a signal made by the trawler Christian, of Dunmore, which had been lying at anchor in the...
Coxswain Mann, of Aldeburgh
Coxswain C. D. Mann, of Aldeburgh, died on 15th February last, at the age of sixty. He came of a family of Life- boatmen. Both his grandfather and father served in the Aldeburgh Boat before him, and he succeeded his father as Second Coxswain...
Category: Obituaries
Caprice II
Shoreham Harbour, Sussex.—At 6.10 on the morning of the llth of Septem- ber, 1950, the Kingston-on-Sea coast- guard reported that a yacht, ashore between the Brighton piers, had asked for the life-boat. Five minutes later the life-boat Rosa...
Lewisham Branch
The bowls club of Britannic House, the London headquarters of British Petroleum, held an invitation tournament in August. It was in aid of the RNLI and this photograph shows the players launching their bowls towards the centre of the green... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Civil Service Life-Boat Fund
The annual meeting of the Committee of the Civil Service Life-boat Fund was held on the 9th ult., and was presided over by Mr. H. HAINES, of the House of Lords. The Report, which was read by Mr. CHARLES DIBDIN, the honorary secre- tary,...
Category: Meetings
The Trimaran Triharda In Yarmouth Harbour After Her Recovery and Righting With the Arun Class Joy and John Wade In the Background.
The trimaran Triharda in Yarmouth harbour after her recovery and righting with the Arun class Joy and John Wade in the background.
The damage to the tri was not so extensive as the photograph might imply as the outer hulls... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Charles E. Fielding
MR. CHARLES E. FIELDING deputy chairman of the Manchester and District branch, who had been an honorary worker for the Life-boat Service for 55 years and an honorary life governor of the Institution, died in the Isle of Man in October...
Category: Obituaries
Arctic Crusader
Broken adrift THE STATION HONORARY SECRETARY of Thurso was informed by Wick Coastguard at 2105 on Tuesday November 16 1982, that the trawler Arctic Crusader had broken adrift in Scrabster Harbour, close by the lifeboat station, and he was...
Lady of Portnablagh
Shortly before Sam on Saturday, 10 March, both Lough Swilly lifeboats were called to rescue a burning fishing vessel. Mulroy Coastguard also launched and rescued the skipper, who had abandoned the burning vessel and was in a liferaft. He was...
St. Gerrard
NOVEMBER 27TH. - ARKLOW, CO. WICKLOW.
A returning fishing boat reported that another fishing boat, the St. Gerrard, had broken down. A south-south-west wind was blowing, with a very rough sea, and the weather was getting...