LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The S.S. Clew Bay
Donaghadee, Co. Down.1—At 4.20 in the morning of the 2nd of April, 1949, the coastguard telephoned that a vessel was ashore about a mile south of Lame Lough, and the life-boat Joseph Adlam, on temporary duty at the sta- tion, was launched at...
H.M.S. Caledonia
Anstruther, Fifeshire. — About 10.30 in the morning of the 1st of August, 1949, the coastguard reported that naval boats were in a dangerous posi- tion off West Wemyss, and at 10.40 the life-boat Nellie and Charlie was launched. A very...
Elmar
Cloughey, Co. Down. At 4.40 on the afternoon of the 12th of October, 1958, the bowman told the coxswain that a small boat was burning flares near the North Rock. The life-boat Helen Sutton, on temporary duty at the station, was launched in a...
A Dinghy
Tenby, Pembrokeshire.—At 5.8 on the afternoon of the 18th of April, 1957, a resident of Saundersfoot reported that a dinghy had capsized on the east side of Monkstone Point. At 5.20 the life-boat Henry Comber Brown was launched in a moderate...
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Galway Bay. On the evening of the 8th of September, 1960, the island medical officer asked for the help of the life-boat Mabel Marion Thompson to take a sick woman from the Middle Island to the mainland for hospital treatment. No other...
Centenary of Welsh Life-Boat Station
THE hundredth anniversary of the establishment of a life-boat station at Criccieth in Caernarvonshire was cele- brated at a dinner held at Criccieth on the 14th of October, 1960. The Lord- Lieutenant of Caernarvonshire, Sir Michael Duff,...
Category: Articles
Tenth International Life-Boat Conference: Many Nations
DINARD and St. Malo provided the setting for the tenth international life-boat conference, which was held from 5~8th June, 1967. This was the second occasion on which the French have acted as hosts, the earlier occasion being that of the...
Category: Meetings
The Life-Boat Service During the General Strike
THE General Strike started at midnight on Monday, 3rd May, and all the regular transport by rail and road ceased at once. On Wednesday, 12th May, shortly after midday, the strike was called off, but it was not until the Saturday that normal...
Category: Articles
Royal National Life-Boat Institution, For the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck
ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION, Tor the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck.
founded in 1824.—Supported Try Voluntary Subscriptions.
PATRONESS.
HER MOST GRACIOUS MAJESTY THE...
Category: Advertisement
Annual Meeting
THE ninety-fourth Annual General Meeting of the ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE- BOAT INSTITUTION was held at Caxton Hall, Westminster, on Friday, 26th April, 1918, at 3 P.M. The Right Hon.
H. H. Asquith, KG., M.P., presided, and...
Category: Meetings