LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

NIGHT SEARCH FOR MOTOR BOAT Weston-super-Mare, Somerset. At 11.45 p.m. on Thursday the 8th of August, 1963, the Nells Point coastguard told the honorary secretary that the Ghanaian ship Tano River had reported sighting a small craft sending...

THE photographic competition announ- ced in the December, 1962, LIFE-BOAT has not been as successful as in previous years and it has been decided to extend the period to the 3151 October, 1964.

The competition is open to...

GUIDING LIGHT GUIDED Newbiggin, Northumberland. At 5.10 p.m. on I5th October, 1963, the coxswain told the honorary secretary that a fishing coble had been lying at anchor off Newbiggin Point for some time. On investigation it was noticed...

AID FOR PILOT CUTTER Lytham-St. Anne's, Lancashire. The Preston Harbour Master telephoned the honorary secretary at 11.35 p.m. on 4th October, 1963, stating that the pilot cutter St. Margaret had broken down and was drifting with her...

Some years ago a Miss Maud Smith left a sum of money to the Institution so that a gift of £5, to be known as the 'Miss Maud Smith award for courage, in memory of John, Seventh Earl of Hardwicke', might be made each year to the...

Dover, Kent - At 6.25 p.m. on 21st August, 1969, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that six boys were cut off by the tide at East Cliff. The life-boat Faithful Forester, with a dinghy in tow, slipped her moorings at 6.47. It was...

The death has occurred of Sir Reginald Leeds, Bt., of Paignton, South Devon, who was a member of the Committee of Management of the R.N.L.I..

Valentia, Co. Kerry. At 7.30 on the evening of the 6th of August, 1960, a message was received from Valentia radio that the fishing boat Ros Bui was drifting two miles south of Puffin Head and needed immediate help. The life- boat Rowland...