LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The S.S. Eglantine
— Shortly after 10 A.M. on the 9th October, during a thick fog, information was received that a large steamer was ashore near the Cross Sand Light vessel. The No. I Life-boat was manned and proceeded in tow of a tug to the Cross Sand, where...
The S.S. Britannia
On the 25th September, during a thick fog, signals of distress were heard, and the Life-boat Forster Fawsett was dis- patched as quickly as possible. Near the Crumstone Rock, Fame Island, she found the s.s. Britannia,...
The S.S. Inger Jokann
At 8.15 r.M. on the 5th December Coxswain Haylett was informed that a vessel was ashore on the Scroby Sands and showing signals of distress. The crew of the No. 1 Life- boat, Covent Garden, were at once assembled and the boat proceeded to...
The S.S. Pernambuco
On the night of the 22ud January the s.s. Pernamluco, of Liverpool, with a cargo of coal from j Hartlepool to Portsmouth, struck heavily on the Spit Rock, Hartlepool, as she was proceeding to sea. She got off, but as she was found to be...
S.S. Empire Clansman, of Grangemouth
JANUARY 19TH. - ANSTRUTHER, FIFESHIRE.
At 12.3 in the morning the coastguard telephoned that a large vessel was ashore about one mile south of South Carr.
A north-west gale was blowing, with a very rough...
Silence Is Golden Rabbi Jonathan Romain
Silence is golden. Rabbi Jonathan Romain (r), minister of Maidenhead Synagogue, took part in a sponsored non-sermon in August. He toured shops and offices in Maidenhead and told people he would give them a 30 minute sermon on the merits of... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Petite Micheline and Vers le Destin
Arklow, and Wicklow, Co. Wicklow.— At 6.15 on the morning of the 10th of October, 1953, the Valentia Radio Station told the Arklow life-boat station that the French trawlers Petite Micheline and Vers le Destin had wirelessed that they had...
Centenaries
Centenary vellums were presented to three life-boat stations in May and June.
At Poole, Dorset, the presentation ceremony took place at the life-boat house, Poole Quay, on 22nd May, the vellum being presented to the branch...
Category: Articles
Medallists:
Medallists: (I to r) Helmsmen Keith Horrocks and Philip Denham, Blackpool; Coxswain Robin Castle, Sheerness; Coxswain Derek Sargent, Weymouth; Acting Coxswain Roy Couzens, Acting Assistant Mechanic/Emergency Coxswain Michael Abbott. Crew... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
St. Clare
NOV. 29TH. - ARKLOW, CO. WICKLOW.
At 7.45 P.M. it was reported that the small fishing boat St. Clare, of Arklow, was burning flares in Arklow Bay. The sea was rough, with a westerly gale blowing. The coxswain and the second...