LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Satanicle
Torbay, Devon.—On the night of the 30th December the motor life-boat George Shee rescued the master of the trawler Satanicle, of Cherbourg, which was in distress in the Channel. The life-boat was on service for ten hours in a whole gale,...
Whaler Diana, of Hull
On the 19th Oct., during one of the worst gales experienced on this coast for years, the steam-whaler Diana, of Hull, was observed stranded on the Slate Run. The wind was blowing a perfect hurricane from the north at the time. The life-boat...
Ceremonies
- Tyne class Mary The little town of Portpatrick, situated on the south western edge of Scotland, provided a picturesque setting for the naming ceremony of its new 47ft Tyne class lifeboat Mary Irene Millar on Friday, 19 May...
Category: Inaugurations
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FEBRUARY 6TH. - ALDEBURGH, SUFFOLK.
A very heavy explosion had been heard five to six miles E.S.E. of Aldeburgh.
The life-boat found a large patch of oil or coal dust and followed it for two miles, but...
As An Experiment Redditch Ladies' Guild Officers and Committee Recently Took Part In a Knit-In Having Successfully Raised £110 They Plan to Include All Guild Members Next T
As an experiment, Redditch ladies' guild officers and committee recently took part in a knit-in. Having successfully raised £110, they plan to include all guild members next time.
Photograph by courtesy of Redditch... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Porthcawl to Fishguard
It would have been easy to prolong our stay at St Donat's Castle and learn more of the work of the world famous United World College of the Atlantic and its multinational student population, but time and the seasons are moving on and, if...
Category: Articles
Centenary at New Brighton
A centenary vellum has been awarded to the life-boat station at New Brighton, Cheshire. The station was established by the Institution in 1863 after a meeting had been held in Liverpool the previous year, when it was stated that a life-boat...
Category: Articles
Tulipan
TRAWLER ASHORE Barra Island, Outer Hebrides. At 6.53 a.m. on i8th October, 1964, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that the Spanish trawler Tulipan was ashore near Monach Isles in a moderate sea and strong south-westerly breeze. It...
Civil Service Life-Boat Fund
AT the annual meeting of the Committee of this fund, held on the 17th of January, and presided o-rei by Mr. "W. H. HAINES, Chief Clerk of the House of Lords, Mr. CHARLES DIBDIN, the Honorary Secretary, reported that the number of the...
Category: Meetings
A Small Boat
31st Jan- uary. A small boat was blown out to sea, but the life-boat failed to find her.
She was washed ashore on the Ayrshire coast thirty-six hours later with her occupant still alive.—Rewards, £20 9s..