LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
An Anson Aeroplane (3)
SEPTEMBER 8TH. - PORTHDINLLAEN, CAERNARVONSHIRE. An Anson trainer aeroplane had crashed into the sea, but the life-boat found nothing. - Rewards, £5 7s..
Hille Oldendorff
Sennen Cove, Cornwall - At 11.20 a.m. on 30th March, 1966, the port medical officer at Penzance informed the honorary secretary that the m.v. Hille Oldendorff, of Lubeck, which was about nine miles north west of the Longships lighthouse,...
Ferona of Exeter
On the 5th No- vember the schooner Ferona, of Exeter, drove on shore near the entrance of Yar- mouth harbour: the Yarmouth smaller life- boat went to her assistance through a heavy surf, and succeeded in rescuing her crew of 5 men, landing...
Major W. Bertram Bell
Major W. Bertram Bell, who has died at his home in County Cork, was in his 91st year and joined the Committee of Management in 1954, retiring in 1969.
Both he and Mrs. Bell were for many years prominent supporters of the...
Category: Obituaries
Coleman Hernon,
January 1996 Coleman Hernon, ex-coxswain of Aran Islands lifeboat (formally known as Galway Bay).
Coleman became bowman of the lifeboat in 1949, 2nd Coxswain in 1951 and coxswain in 1960. After 15 years as coxswain, Coleman...
Category: Obituaries
Freddie Bell-Scott Mbe,
Freddie Bell-Scott MBE, president of the Birmingham branch. Freddie joined the branch in 1957 and was involved with the appeal for the lifeboat, City of BirminghamBirmingham which was launched in 1970. He was chairman from 1974 to 1978,...
Category: Obituaries
La Salle
STRUCK REEF St. Peter Port, Guernsey. At 4 a.m.
on 28th May, 1965, Niton radio reported that the motor vessel La Salle of Monrovia had struck a reef about two miles north of Lihou Island. The life-boat Lloyd's, on...
Seton Queen
Dunbar, East Lothian - At 6.39 p.m.
on 22nd March, 1967, the motor fishing vessel Seton Queen was reported to be running short of fuel. She had been fishing between Barr Rock and May Island and was overdue. This had been...
Little Billy
NOVEMBER 2ND. - DUNGENESS, KENT.
At 4.20 P.M. a fishing vessel about 1 1/2 miles N.E. of the life-boat station was seen to be flying a distress signal. A strong S.W. wind, increasing to gale force, was blowing. There was a...