LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
North Star
Whitby, Yorkshire.—On the 8th of April, 1947, the fishing fleet put to sea at about 6.0 in the morning, but by nine o'clock a gale was blowing from the east, and a heavy sea was making the harbour entrance dangerous. As the tide was too...
Member No 50000
The Duke of Kent, who is President of the R.N.L.I., thinks that the idea of creating a form of membership of the Institution for individual supporters is a very good scheme that would give subscribers a sense of participation. He has...
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Award to IRB Man
The Royal Humane Society has awarded Mr. J. A. Bate of the Bude IRB crew the Society's testimonial on parchment in recognition of his services on 17th June, 1968, when he saved a 4-year-old girl from the water (THE LIFE-BOAT, September,...
Category: Awards
Barmouth Museum
Barmouth, Merionethshire, has opened a maritime museum in the upper part of the old boathouse on the quayside near where the IRB is stationed. While many exhibits have already been acquired the museum is anxious to obtain more life-boat...
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Puffin
TOW FOR DINGHY WITH FIVE YOUNG MEN ABOARD Swanage, Dorset. At 3.22 on the afternoon of the 20th August, 1962, the coastguard told the coxswain that a visitor had reported seeing a sailing dinghy dismasted about one mile northeast of Peveril...
Fishing Vessels and Express
FISHING VESSEL STRIKES PIER IN NEAR GALE Bridlington, Yorkshire. At 2.15 on the afternoon of the 1st November, 1962, the harbour master informed the honorary secretary that several fishing vessels were at sea in deteriorating weather. At 3.0...
Five Fishing Boats and Bairn's Pride
SIX FISHING BOATS ESCORTED Arbroath, Angus. On Friday the 30th August, 1963, at 8.45 a.m. the coastguard telephoned the honorary secretary to say that five fishing boats had gone to sea early that morning and were now returning to harbour....
Ceresio
Redcar, Yorkshire. At one o'clock early on the morning of the 27th of December, 1958, the coxswain told the honorary secretary that he had been informed at his home by a passer-by that a vessel was aground off...
Birthday Honours
IN addition to those reported in the September number of the Life-boat on page 284 asjecipients of honours in the Birthday Honours List, the O.B.E. was bestowed on Mrs. M. Allport, chairman of the Bournemouth Ladies' Guild..
Category: Awards
Lundy Gannet
Appledore, Devon. On the 13th of April, 1960, the motor vessel Lundy Gannet was returning from Lundy Island to Bideford on the evening tide with six people on board, including four passengers, when the keel band came adrift and threatened to...