LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Mr. Barrie Bennett's, M.B.E.
MR. BARRIE BENNETTS, the honorary secretary of the Penlee Station, was made a Member of the Order of the British Empire in the New Year's Honours List. He became honorary secretary in 1913, was awarded the Institution's binoculars in...
Category: Awards
Oceanic (1)
Hartlepool, Durham, and Redcar, Yorkshire. — While bound from the River Tees to Blyth the motor vessel Oceanic, of Newport, Isle of Wight, damaged her steering gear and began to drift. At 1.45 in the morning of the 7th of July, when...
Sea Flower, of Castletownbere
Valentia Co. Kerry - At 1.15 a.m. on 22nd December, 1968, Valentia radio station told the honorary secretary that the m.f.v. Sea Flower of Castletownbere was in distress in the Ardgroon harbour area. Maroonswere fired at 1.20. There was a...
A Sailing Boat
At 10.20 a.m. on I4th August, 1966, a small sailing boat was seen being carried to seaward by the wind and tide. At 10.40 the life-boat Mabel E. Holland was launched in a fresh westerly wind and a choppy sea. It was one hour and a half after...
None (6)
At 3.20 p.m. on 28th October, 1966, the local doctor requested the services of the life-boat for a patient on Inishere Island who needed hospital treatment.
The life-boat Mabel Marion Thompsonleft her moorings at 3.45. The...
French Life-Boat Society
THE two French Life-boat societies have now been re-formed under one authority. This will be known as the 'Societe Nationale de Sauvetage en Mer'.
The President of the new society will be Admiral Amman. His...
Category: Articles
A Catamaran (1)
Walmer, Kent. At 4 p.m. on 2oth July, 1965, the honorary secretary saw a catamaran capsize one mile offshore from the life-boathouse. At 4.10 p.m. the IRB launched in a southerly breeze and corresponding sea. The catamaran, whose crew of two...
A Yacht (7)
Kinghorn, Fife. At approximately 8 p.m. on igth August, 1965, a yacht was seen to capsize half a mile south-west of the station. At 8.2 the IRB launched in a gentle westerly breeze and corresponding sea. She came up with the yacht and took...
Surrounded By His Crew Fraserburgh Lifeboat Coxswain
Surrounded by his crew, Fraserburgh lifeboat coxswain, Captain John Sutherland, is presented with a maroon case full of money raised for the station by lifeboat enthusiast John Murdoch (r). In front of the group is a model made by John... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
International Boat Show By Heather Deane
EARL'S COURT, LONDON, JANUARY 5 TO 15 RECORDS AGAIN BROKEN AT RNLI STAND by Heather Deane Assistant Public Relations Officer, RNLI THE SOUND OF BAGPIPES proclaimed the Scottish theme of this year's International Boat Show and further...
Category: Articles