LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Dolphin
WEXFORD, IRELAND.—On the 24th February, at about 6.30 P.M., while a strong breeze from E.N.E. was blowing, accompanied by a heavy sea, signals of distress were observed from the fishing lugger Dolphin, of Wexford, which had just struck on...
The American Steamer David L. Swain
JULY 27TH. - ST. IVES, CORNWALL.
At 2.41 in the afternoon the St. Ives coastguard reported that a vessel four miles west of the Longships had a case of appendicitis on board in urgent need of attention. There was a light...
The Sailing Smack A.J. W., of Rye
Kessingland.
On the night of the 11th December, with a gale blowing and a very heavy sea, the Kessingland Life-boat was called out to the rescue of a sailing smack, the A.J. W., of Rye, which had stranded on the Newcombe...
A Boat
ON 25th October last, the Motor Lifeboat at Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex, went to the help of a small boat which, while on the way from Walton to Clacton, had been carried out to sea.
The sea was rough, with heavy squalls...
Wraysbury Lake Sailing Club
Wraysbury Lake Sailing Club has traditionally held a series of three days of dinghy racing in aid of the RNLI. but last year, getting more ambitious, it staged a regatta during the whole of August Bank Holiday weekend. There were 60... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Portrait on the Cover
THE portrait on the cover is of ex- Coxswain William Henry Jones, of New Brighton, Cheshire. He was second coxswain from 1921 to 1932 and coxswain from 1932 until the end of 1938, when he retired, on account of age, vith a pension and a...
Category: Articles
Emma Sophie
O.N. 70-002 at Kirkwall - On 7th February, 1969, the life-boat Grace Paterson Ritchie saved the trawler Emma Sophie and her crew of four.
A full account of this service will appear in the September issue of THE...
The S.S. Rojo
Walton and Frinton, Essex.—At 1.25 in the morning of the 15th of August, 1948, the coastguard telephoned that the pilot cutter Penlee had reported that she had picked up the crew of four- teen of the S.S. Rojo, of Oslo, which had...
A Steamer (5)
llth December. A steamer was re- ported in distress near the Barrel Rock, but nothing was found. Later a steamer with a list was seen near Galley Head, but declined help.— Rewards, £22 165..
Mr. Frank Garon, of Southend-On-Sea
MR. FRANK GARON, the chairman of the Southend-on-Sea branch died on the 29th of July at the age of sixty. A director of the big catering firm of Garons in Southend, he was another of the many busy men who yet are able to give much of their...
Category: Obituaries