LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
January (1)
JANUARY MEETING STORNOWAY, HEBRIDES. At 10.30 in the morning of the 9th of February, 1943, the 30- feet motor fishing boat Girl Lena, with a crew of four, was fishing off Stornoway. The sea was smooth, with a moderate north-west...
Category: Services
Invermore, of Dublin (5)
Cloughey, Donaghadee, and Newcastle, Co. Down, and Port St. Mary, Port Erin, Douglas, and Peel, Isle of Man.—On the 19th November, 1937, the disabled schooner Invermore, of Dublin, was picked up by the Cloughey and Donaghadee life-boats....
Clarke, Chapman & Company Limited
CLARKE CHAPMAN MARINE A U X I L I A R I E S FOR LIFE-BOAT STATIONS This illustrates one of our electrically driven winches as supplied to the Tynemouth Lifeboat Station for hauling up the life-boat.
Many other winches of...
Category: Advertisement
Each Year Since An Ilb Was First Stationed at Horton and Port Eynon In 1968 Reg James Although Confined to a Wheelchair Has Organised a Gala Sports Day at Burrows Ca
Each year since an ILB was first stationed at Horton and Port Eynon in 1968, Reg James, although confined to a wheelchair, has organised a gala sports day at Burrows caravan park as his contribution to the station. He presents his 1976... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Rainbow Flowers,
by POST from GUERNSEY for Birthdays, Thank-you's and Anniversaries CQOfi CARNATIONS (mixed colours) OC10 10 Luxury Carnations Special offer £9-95 CIS 18 Luxury CarnatK mi £14.00 C24 24 Luxury Camaiions £16.95 FREESIAS...
Category: Advertisement
Fishing Boats (3)
Peterhead, Aberdeenshire. — On the morning of the 24th March, 1939, a heavy sea was rising, with a strong and increasing south-easterly wind. Two small fishing boats were out and shortly before noon it was reported that one of them was...
Current affairs
Ireland’s ‘voice of the sea’ may have stepped away from the microphone – but Tom MacSweeney is as vocal as ever when it comes to marine matters
For two decades, Tom MacSweeney’s voice has been synonymous with Ireland’s...
Category: Articles
Life-Boat Christmas Card and Calendar
THIS year there will again be a Christ- mas card and pocket calendar for sale.
The card is of eight pages with the Institution's crest embossed on the out- side. Inside are Christmas greetings and a picture in colours...
Category: Advertisement
Fishing Boats (2)
Boulmer, Northumberland. At 11.35 on the morning of the 29th of Novem- ber, 1960, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that three local fishing boats had not returned to harbour. Some anxiety was felt, as there was a heavy swell,...
Love Lane
WEXFORD, IRELAND,—A whole gale from W.N.W., suddenly sprung up on the evening of the 31st January, and the yawl Love Lane, which was seeking the shelter of the harbour, grounded on the N. side of the bar. She signalled for assistance, and at...