LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

St. Ives, Cornwall. At 2.45 p.m. on 29th August, 1965, while the IRB was on patrol off Porthmeor beach during a surf life-saving competition, her crew were told that a swimmer was in difficulties between Crowner Rock and Clodgy Point. The...

PORTRAIT OF A COXSWAIN 58 NOTES OF THE QUARTER 59 COLLAPSE OF AN OIL RIG 63 LAUNCH TO RADIO CAROLINE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 MEDAL FOR SCOTTISH SKIPPER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 70 CHRISTMAS CARDS AND...

COXSWAIN JAMES TURPIN, who has been coxswain of the Fowey life-boat since 1959, was previously assistant mechanic from 1948, when he joined the crew, until his present appointment. In 1958 he swam 100 yards through broken water from the...

At 3.15 p.m. on ist February, 1966, the local doctor informed the honorary secretary that he had a patient on Inishere Island suffering from acute appendicitis, who required immediate hospital treatment, and that no other suitable boat was...

Coxswain James Bumble of Sheringham, who also held the bronze medal for gallantry, died on the 5th of June, 1958. The service for which he was awarded his medal was carried out during the last war. The Canadian steamer Eaglescliffe Hall had...

Dover, Kent. At 2.55 on the after- noon of the 18th of July, 1959, a fishing boat was seen in difficulties near the wreck buoy south of the eastern en- trance to Dover harbour. The life-boat Southern Africa left her moorings five minutes...

Wbitby, Yorkshire. At 11.30 on the morning of the 9th of March, 1960, the life-boat Mary Ann Hepworth, after completing an engine trial, went to meet four local fishing vessels, which were returning to harbour in a strong east-south-easterly...

THE Sugar Manufacturers' Association (of Jamaica), Ltd., has once again awarded a case of rum to the life-boat crew which carried out the longest service during the winter months of 1955-56. The award has gone to the crew of the Arklow...