LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

Naming and dedication Ceremonies rlOWth - Arun class Hibernia The naming ceremony of the RNLI's new relief 52ft Arun class lifeboat was held on Saturday 16 September at Howth Harbour.

Mrs Maureen Haughey named the new...

Thursday, 2nd October, 1884.

EDWARD BIRKBECK, Esq., M.P., V.P,, in the Chair.! Read and approved the Minutes of the pre- vious meeting, and those of the Finance and j Correspondence, and Wreck and Reward Sub- '...

OCTOBER 15TH. - SHOREHAM HARBOUR, SUSSEX. At 6.30 in the morning the coastguard reported that the motor fishing boat S.M.126, with a crew of three, had broken down one mile to the south-west and needed help. The weather was...

ONE of the lesser known services to which the R.N.L.I. makes a big con- tribution is the Post Office "Medico" service. The twelve G.P.O. coast radio stations, including the world-wide radio- telegraph station at Burnham-on-Sea,...

DURING 1948, sixty-five golf clubs held competitions in aid of the Life-boat Service and these brought in £278 18s.

That was 25 more clubs than in 1942, and £22 more contributed. Five bowling clubs again held...

Aldeburgh, Suffolk March 27 and May 26 Amble, Northumberland March 29 Angle, Dyfed April 30 and May 15 Arranmore, Co. Donegal March 9, Hand 18 Barmouth, Gwynedd May 19 Barra Island, Inverness-shire March 24 Barry Dock, South Glamorgan April...

THE recent notices in the press, both written and pictorial, of the latest production of the ROYAL NATIONAL LIFEBOAT INSTITUTION—" the first steam Lifeboat "—have been so full, that we can quite imagine some of the Society's...

Life-boat Friday 26th Lerwick Aldeburgh Filey Yarmouth, I.o.W.

Valemia Saturday 27th Fishguard Southend-on-Sea Lizard Newhaven St. David's Casualty Hours at sea Lives rescued S.S. Granfoss ' 23 Trawler Pinguin 12 8...