LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Harvella
Valentia, Co. Kerry.—At seven o'clock on the evening of the 27th of May, 1-957, Valentia radio reported that, the tanker Harvella, of London, needed the help of the life-boat to land a very sick seaman. The tanker was due to arrive off...
Pococita
Cromer, Norfolk.—At eleven o'clock on the morning of the 22nd of July, 1957, the coxswain of the no. 2 life-boat received a message from the coastguard that a small boat was ashore five miles south-east of Cromer on Trimingham beach. The...
Warrior Geraint and Choice
Torbay, Devon.—At 10.10 on the night of the 10th of December, 1957, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a vessel was flashing S.O.S. inside Torquay harbour. The lifeboat George Shee put out at 10.35 in a heavy swell. A fresh...
La Colina and Steamer Mergus
Penlee, Cornwall. At three o'clock on the afternoon of the 25th June, 1961, the honorary secretary received a message that the life-boat would be needed to meet the motor vessel La Colina of London off the Wolf Rock lighthouse and take...
A Motor Cutter
Moelfre, Anglesey. At 5.50 on the evening of the 5th August, 1961, the honorary secretary was informed that a sailing boat with two people aboard had capsized four miles north-east of Durban Point. At six o'clock the life- boat Watkin...
Two Rowing Boats
APRIL 13TH. - TORBAY, DEVON. At 2.51 in the afternoon a message was received from the Torquay coastguard that a small rowing boat was waterlogged 100 yards S.W. of Orestone and that men were swimming in the water. The boat belonged to the...
Pensions for Widows and Orphans
As our readers are aware, it has been the practice of the Institution, from its earliest days, to make substantial grants to the widows and children of the gallant men who have lost their lives "on active service" in the cause of...
Category: Articles
Westwind of Stour
Three yachtsmen saved from Buxey Sands in heavy weather The crew of Clacton's relief Atlantic 21 and Walton and Frinton's Solent lifeboats have received letters of thanks from the RNLI's chief of operations following a joint...
Mary Ann, of Whitby
On the 1st December, the coxswain of the North Briton life-boat, and 6 other men, with 2 horses, proceeded at midnight along the coast upwards of fcrar miles in the direction of Gramthorpe Haven, and there found a schooner on the sands, and...
A Bronze Medal Service at Holyhead
ON the night of the 25th of October, 1949, a whole northerly gale was blow- ing at Holyhead with violent squalls at forty and fifty miles an hour. The sea was very rough; the night dark with heavy squalls of rain.
A small...
Category: Services