LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Some Ways of Raising Money
In December last, the Viscountess Hawarden was chairman of the Central London Women's Committee 150th anniversary Lifeboat and Mermaid Ball at the Dorchester Hotel. The event was graced by the presence of the Duke and Duchess of Kent and...
Category: Donations
Your Letters
The casualty's view of a rescue ... and thanks to the crew Having read the discussion 'Men behind the medals' in the Autumn issue of The Lifeboat, I wanted to comment on some of the points as seen through the eyes of a...
Category: Correspondence
Membership News
Re-member 1989 The 'Re-member 1989' scheme to fund a new Mersey class lifeboat has got off to a slightly disappointing start, although it is still early days for the appeal.
Although the number of new members coming...
Category: Articles
Radieuse
Rosslare Harbour, Co. Wexford, and Fishguard, Pembrokeshire. At 7.34 on the evening of the llth of May, 1958, the Superintendent of the Irish Coast Life-Saving Service passed on to the acting honorary secretary at Rosslare Harbour a message...
Remembrance and Fortunas
At about 1.10 P.M. on the 8th January the Coxswain was informed by a fisherman that a fishing boat had broken down and was blowing towards the shore south oi Whitby. The Coastguard confirmed this and added that another fishing boat was going...
Ethnein
Humber, Yorkshire. At 8.17 on the morning of the 30th of July, 1959, the coastguard informed the coxswain superintendent that a cabin cruiser appeared to have broken down east of Bull Fort but did not seem to be in immediate danger. At 8.50...
Thanks for Help
Following the service by the Swanage life-boat, recorded elsewhere in this issue, the secretary of the Swanage branch received a letter of appreciation, the opening paragraphs of which are quoted below, together with a donation.
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Category: Correspondence
Doctors In Life-Boats
CATASTROPHE comes quickly at sea. On any dark stormy night a doctor's bed- side telephone may ring and the urgent voice of a coastguard may ask for immediate medical assistance to a ship several miles from shore. If he agrees, and the...
Category: Articles
Olline
Eleven-hourservice in Force 11 winds saves six Coxswain David Mason could hardly have known how many 'firsts' he was going to notch up when he took Great Yarmouth and Gorleston's new Trent class to sea at 0500 on 29...
Fishing Boats (1)
North Sunderland and Holy Island, Northumberland.—Four Beadnell fish- ing boats were overtaken by bad weather on the morning of the 30th October and made for home. The pulling and sailing life-boat Lizzie Porter was hauled on her carriage to...