LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Portrait on the Cover
Tim portrait on the -cover is of Coxswain Leonard Peddlesden, of Newhaven, Sussex, who retired in January after serving for fifteen years as an officer of the life-boat. He had been coxswain for nearly six years. He won the silver medal for...
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Fishing Boats
Gourdon, Kincardineshire.—The local fishing fleet put to sea at about 5 A.M. on the 28th October, 1937, in fair weather. By 9 A.M. a moderate E.S.E. gale was blowing, with a rough sea and heavy rain, and an hour later the harbour entrance...
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Barra Island, Hebrides.—On the 21st January, 1938, the medical officer at Castlebay received an urgent call to the neighbouring island of Vatersay. A strong westerly gale was blowing, with a very heavy sea, and no ordinary boatcould make the...
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Arranmore, Co. Donegal. At seven o'clock on the evening of the 29th of January, 1961, the honorary secretary was informed that a sick woman on the island was in need of medical treat- ment. As there was no doctor on the island and it was...
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Barrow, Lancashire. At 1.15 on the morning of the llth June, 1961, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a fishing boat with two men aboard was overdue and that anxiety was felt for their safety. At two o'clock, when the...
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Dolores
Redcar, Yorkshire - At 2.30 p.m. on 23rd November, 1967, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a cabin cruiser had broken down one mile east of the life-boat station. The life-boat Aguila Wren was launched at 3.10. It was...
Birthday Honours
The following were among those honoured by the Queen in the Birthday Honours: Knights Bachelor Captain George E. Barnard, deputy master of Trinity House, who is an ex- omcio member of the Committee of Management of the...
Category: Awards
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Fishing Cobles
Runswick, Yorkshire. At 11.50 on the morning of the 31st of December, 1957, there was a rough sea and an ebbing tide, and the honorary secretary considered it would be dangerous for the Staithes cobles to try and reach theharbour unescorted....