LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Elizabeth Brooks
HOWTH, DUBLIN BAY,—The Life-boat Clara Baker was launched on the evening of the 6th August, and proceeded to the assistance of the brigantine Elizabeth Brooks, of Larne, which was ashore, with strong breeze blowing from S.E., on the Baldoyle...
Nellie
HOLYHEAD.—Signals of distress were seen in the bay during a whole gale of wind from the 8.S.W., at 9.30 P.M. on the 23rd January. The Thomas Fielden Lifeboat proceeded out, and found that the brig Lewis, of Carnarvon, had dragged her anchor...
Juno
PENMON, ANGLESEY.—Signals of distress were shown at 11 A.M. on the 7th December by a yawl which was at anchor in Conway Bay during a whole gale from the W.S.W. The Christopher Brown Life-boat pnt off to her assistance, and brought safely...
The American Ship Edward O'Brien
On the 13th February, the Life-boat John Ashlury put off to the assistance of the American ship Edward VBrien, of St. Thomas, U.S.A., which, while on a voyage from Mobile to Liver- pool, got on the Morpha Bychan Sand, Cardigan Bay, in a...
The Schooner, Sisters of Wick
On the 19th De- cember the schooner Sisters, of Wick, stone laden/lying in Scrabster Bay, showed sig- nals of distress, it blowing very hard from N.N.E. The Thurso life-boat at once pro- ceeded to her assistance, and brought on shore in...
Susan, of Dublin
On the 31st January the schooner Susan, of Dublin, drove ashore in Dundrum Bay during a strong gale from S.S.E. The Newcastle life-boat went out, and succeeded in saving the vessel's crew of 4 men, afterwards landing them in safety..<...
Sarah Ann
SWANSEA.—On the 8th January, at about 5.30 A.M. the Life-boat Wolverhampton saved the crew of 10 men from the barque Sarah Ann, of Sunderland, which had sunk in Swansea Bay during a gale from E.S.E. She was on a voyage from Swansea to Monte...
Razani
Galway Bay.-On 25th October, 1967, the coxswain and crew boarded the life-boat Mabel Marion Thompson, under very severe weather conditions, to go to the help of the motor vessel Razani for which special awards were granted. A full account of...
EX-COXSWAIN HARRY LLOYD JONES
The death has taken place of ex-Coxswain Harry Lloyd Jones, formerly of Barmouth, Merionethshire, who took part in several daring rescues in Cardigan Bay. He was 70, and 12 years of his long service with the life-boats was spent as...
Category: Obituaries
Lifeboats from Sweden and Norway
Lifeboats from Sweden and Norway visited Poole in May on their way to the 15th International Lifeboat Conference at La Coruna, Spain (a full report of which will appear in the Autumn journal). Pictured (left) are Norway's Skomvaer III,... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs