LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

Thursday, ZOth January, 1927.

Sir GODFREY BAKING, Bt., in the Chair.

Co-opted Commodore Sir Bertram f. Hayes, K.C.M.G., D.S.O., R.N.R. (retd.) as a Member of the Committee of...

Jan. 4.—Five fishermen put off in a coble from Staithes, Yorkshire, and assisted other cobles which, had been overtaken by a very thick fog and a heavy sea.—Reward, 11. 5s.

Jan. 10.—Three men, while fishing off Beadnell,...

Lifeboat People It is with deep regret that we announce the death on June 3 of C. G. Freke, CIE.

Mr Freke joined the Committee of Management in 1953 and was elected a vice-president in 1962. He served on various...

Rosslare Harbour, Co. Wexford. On the 26th of April, 1958, the coaster Pres. Roosevelt, of Groningen, was anchored a mile north-west of the life- boat station with engine trouble and was sheltering from the weather. A boat with four...

The following Coxswains. Crew Members and Shore Helpers were awarded eerlilieales ol service on their retirement in 1999. Those entitled to them under the RNLl's regulations were also awarded an ann annuity, gratuity or pension. . i...

Re-count . . .

In a branch house-to-house collection two boxes may, rarely, be found to contain the same amount when opened, but how about this ? Two collectors worked on the opposite side of each road in their area,...

South West Division Boys stranded rr WAS AN HOUR before high water on the afternoon of Sunday July 20, 1986, when the honorary secretary of Westonsuper- Mare lifeboat station was contacted by Swansea Coastguard to be told that two boys were...

Abersoch, Gwynedd October 10 and November 5.

Aberystwyth, Dyfed September 19 and 21.

Bangor, Co. Down October 5.

Barmouth, Gwynedd September 21.

Barrow, Cumbria...