LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Gerassimos Vergottis and Van Ostade
JULY 1ST. - PENLEE, AND THE LIZARD, CORNWALL. During thick fog the Greek steamer Gerassimos Vergottis and the Dutch steamer Van Ostade had collided, and the Greek steamer had been badly damaged.
The life-boats could not...
Janet
FEB. 27TH. - THURSO, CAITHNESSSHIRE.
During the afternoon the life-boat coxswain, returning from fishing, picked up the motor fishing boat Janet, of Thurso, with her engine broken down, about nine miles north-west of the...
July (1)
FERRYSIDE, CARMARTHENSHIRE. About 7.30 in the morning of the 26th of April, 1943, a dinghy belonging to the R.A.F. Rescue Service (Maintenance and Repair) Unit, with seven men on board, capsized in deep water between 20 and 30 yards from the...
Category: Services
Atlantic College Celebrates 25 Years
THE United World College of the Atlantic is 25 years old this year. What has this to do with the RNLI and what is Atlantic College anyway? Those who are familiar with the history of the college might well consider it the birth place of the...
Category: Articles
Forward
Holyhead, Anglesey.—At 3.7 in the morning of the 5th of December, 1951, the coastguard telephoned that a woman had reported that her husband and two others had put out in the fishing boat Forward, of Beaumaris, at one o'clock the...
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Category: Advertisement
Ruth of London
On the 17th Octo- ber, the brig Ruth, of London, went ashore on Saunton Sands during squally weather.
The George and Catherine life-boat put off and rescued the crew of 9 men. The cap- tain of the vessel communicated to the...
H.M. Patrol Boat No.688
The Second Cox- swain observed a vessel ashore on the S.E. part of the Goodwin Sands, shortly after 10 A.M. on the 25th March. The crew of the Life-boat Charles Dibdin were assembled and the Life-boat was launched. She found one of...
Awards to Coxswains and Members of Life-Boat Crew
The following coxswains and members of life-boat crews have and in addition those entitled to them by the Institution's annuity or a retirement allowance and a gratuity.
Name JOHN JAMES MURRAY DAVID M. HOGGINS HUGH...
Category: Awards
Strindheim
Aberdeen.—At 2.29 on the afternoon of the 26th of November, 1956, the coastguard reported that the Norweg- ian steamer Strindheim, laden with timber, was due to arrive off Aberdeen about eight o'clock in the evening and would want help...