LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Motor Boat
THE COASTGUARD informed New Quay honorary secretary at 1740 on July 30, 1974, that a small motor boat had been seen drifting towards the rocks about half a mile north of Trwyn-Croi, some four miles south of the station. Three minutes later...
The American Barque Harriet Frances
On the 2nd Sep- tember, at three p.m., a vessel was observed aground on the Arklow bank, 8 or "9 miles distant from Arklow. The life-boat of that place proceeded at once to her aid, when *he found a heavy sea breaking over and around...
Life-Boats Given By Corporate Bodies: A Correction
IN the October issue of The Life-boat was an article with this heading, and among the corporate bodies mentioned was Lloyd's, donor of a life-boat which bears its name.
It .should have been said that Lloyd's not...
Category: Donations
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On the 5th and 7th of February, 1960, the Barra Island, Hebrides, life- boat was launched to take patients to South Uist. On the first occasion a woman gave birth to a child on board the life-boat. These events are re- corded on pages 435-6....
Mrs Hutchings and Her Husband on Life-Boat Day at Sennen Cove Cornwall
Mrs. Hutchings and her husband on life-boat day at Sennen Cove, Cornwall.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
With Her Builders' Trials Completed the Prototype 47Ft Tyne Fast Slipway Lifeboat City of London
With her builders' trials completed, the prototype 47ft Tyne fast slipway lifeboat City of London set out on a circumnavigation of the British Isles as part of her development trials; during these trials lifeboatmen from a number of... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
A Crew Member Urges the Severn Class Lifeboat Towards Her Destination,
A Crew Member Urges The Severn Class Lifeboat Towards Her Destination,. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Centenary of the Tower of Refuge, Douglas, Isle of Man
ON llth May the centenary was cele- brated at Douglas, Isle of Man, of the Tower of Refuge on St. Mary's Rock, in the middle of the Bay. This tower was built by Sir William Hillary, the founder of the Institution, and the first stone was...
Category: Articles
Glorfindel II
Yacht crew landed ON THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1976, at 1720 Eyemouth Coastguard informed the deputy launching authority of St Abbs ILB station that the yacht Glorfindel II, moored in St Abbs outer harbour, was in danger of being swamped. A...
Enchanter
RAMSGATE, BROADSTAIRS, WALMER, and KINGSDOWNE.—These Life-boats, which are so frequently called out to assist the crews of vessels wrecked on the* fatal Goodwin Sands, were instrumental last year in performing the following services to...