LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Obituaries
With deep regret we record the following deaths: November 1995 Mrs Maggie May (Finnic) Howells MBE, a founder member of Tenby ladies' lifeboat guild. In 1939 she was chairman of the guild and later president from 1975 to 1994. Mrs...
Category: Obituaries
Long Service Awards
THE LONG SERVICE BADGE, introduced from January 1 this year for crew members and shore helpers who have given active service for 20 years more, has been awarded to: Aldeburgh Coxswain W. V. Burrell. BEM Second Coxswain S. Strowger Motor...
Category: Awards
A Spitfire Aeroplane
NOVEMBER 30TH. - BARMOUTH, MERIONETHSHIRE.
During the afternoon several Spitfire aeroplanes were flying near Barmouth, and at 3.40 P.M. the life-boat coxswain saw one of them dive into the sea.
Twenty...
Off to Pacific
Last year the former coxswain ol the Plymouth life-boat, Mr. Peter White, left England with his family to take up a government appointment in the Gilbert Islands in the Pacific Ocean. His place has been taken by Mr. John Dare, the second...
Category: Articles
A Fisherman's Appeal
As reported in the " Services of the Life-boats," the motor life-boat at Stornoway, on the Island of Lewis, in the Hebrides, was called out shortly before midnight on 14th February, to the help of two fishing boats off Tolsta Head,...
Category: Poetry
Lady's Page
SCABBOBOUGH. — The fishing smack Lady's Page, of Scarborough, while running for the harbour during a strong S.S.E. wind and a very heavy, sea at 1 A.M.
on the 22nd of February, grounded outside the outer pier. A flare...
Contrast
SCARBOROUGH.—The fishing smack Contrast, of Scarborough, while making for the harbour, OH the morning of the 21st March, during a strong gale of wind from the N.N.E., was struck by very heavy seas, which washed her fishing gear adrift, and...
Two Lowerstoft Trawlers
On the 24th February, whilst a strong westerly breeze was blowing, accompanied by a very heavy sea, it was reported that two Lowestoft trawlers were making for the harbour. As the tide was ebb it was considered advisable to have the No. 1...
Kirsty
The motor life-boat Lloyd's was launched at 3 P.M.
on the 19th September, during a whole S.W. gale, with a rough sea, to the help of the yacht Kirsty, of Ayr. The yacht was being used by Gaumont British Picture...