LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Motor Boat (1)
OCTOBER 10TH. - TORBAY, DEVON. A motor boat’s engine had broken down, but an R.A.S.C. motor boat took her in tow.- Rewards, £11 17s..
None (52)
NOVEMBER 7TH. - PORTRUSH, CO. ANTRIM.
An airman had been reported in the sea, but nothing could be found. - Rewards, £8 13s. 6d..
A Boat (4)
AUGUST 7TH. - CLOUGHEY, AND NEWCASTLE, CO. DOWN. An upturned boat had been reported fifteen miles south-east of Tara, but nothing was found. - Rewards : Cloughey, £14 14s. ; Newcastle, £22 11s..
Hundredth Birthday
Admiral Sir Wilfrid Woods, G.B.E., K.C.B., D.S.O., Chairman of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution, sent a telegram of congratulations to Mr. J. C. Clarke, of Gwenfro, Greystone Park, Penmaenmawr, Caerns., who celebrated his hundredth...
Category: Committee
A Dinghy
Exmoutb, Devonshire.—26th May. A small dinghy was reported as not havingreturned, but after an unsuccessful search it was found that she had been at anchor in the river.—Rewards, £22 8s..
A Fishing Boat (5)
Stromness, Orkneys.—20th December, 1987. Anxiety had been felt for an overdue fishing boat belonging to the island of Flotta, but she got home safely.—Rewards, £15 15*..
1923
1923 The First Cabin Life-Boat A 43-Feet Watson Boat With A Canvas Canopy and An 80 HP Petrol Engine Stationed at Tenby Cost £9000. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Portrait on the Cover
THE portrait on the cover is of Coxswain William J. Hughes, of Rhyl, who retired at the end of 1948 after serving for 21 years as an officer of the life-boat..
Category: Articles
Tragic Search for Missing Girl
The difficulties of launching and recovering a lifeboat from an open beach are well illustrated by the photograph, taken while the lifeboat was on this service. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Cover Picture
by Frank Austin Penlee's Arun class Mabel Alice at speed during an exercise off the Cornish coast. The Tater-Dhu lighthouse is visible in the background.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs