LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Fishing Boats (1)
ABBROATH.—Several fishing-boats having been overtaken by a strong gale from the S.S.E., and a very heavy sea, on the 30th May, the People's Journal No. 2 Lifeboat was launched at 2.45 A.M., pulled out to the bar, and remained there in...
Three Brothers
CEMLYN, ANGLESEY.—At about 9 A M on the 21st March, during a gale from the N.W., the flat Three Brothers, of Chester, which was riding at anchor in Cemlyn Bay, exhibited a signal of distress. TheGood Shepherd Life-boat at once proceeded to...
Amity
On the 1st January last the Life-boat Augusta, stationed at this headland, rendered good service to the schooner Amity, of Beaumauris, which, while on a voyage from Bangor to Swansea, became embayed in a dangerous position during thick...
Fishing Boats
CULLERCOATS, NORTHUMBERLAND. — A strong sea having risen with a dense fog on the 10th of May, the Life-boat Cooperator No. 1 was launched at about 8.30 A.M. to the assistance of three fishingboats whose return was rendered...
A Vessel
St. Ives, Cornwall.—23rd January, 1939. The motor life-boat put out to an unknown vessel, but capsized with the loss of seven of her crew of eight.— Rewards: Bronze medals and £88 2s.
(A full account of this life-boat...
Fishing Vessels
Eyemouth, Berwickshire. — On the morning of the 15th March, 1939, several fishing vessels were returning to harbour. A heavy sea was running in the bay, and the motor life-boat Frank and William Oates was launched at 9.45 A.M. in readiness...
Fishing Cobles
NEWBIGGIN.—Seventeen of the fishingcobles which had gone to sea early in the morning of the 14th February were overtaken by a gale from S. to S.W. and a strong sea and, as their return home was attended by considerable risk, the Lifeboat...
Veteran Worker
Admiral Sir Wilfrid Woods, G.B.E., K.C.B., D.S.O., Chairman of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution, sent a telegram of congratulations to Mr. J. C. Clarke, of Gwenfro, Greystone Park, Penmaenmawr, Caerns., when he celebrated his...
Category: Committee
Ex-Coxswain Patrick Sliney
Ex-Coxswain Patrick Sliney, of the Ballycotton, Co. Cork, life-boat, who won the R.N.L.I, gold medal for gallantry for one of the most famous services in life-boat history, died at the age of 87. Mr. Sliney was alsoawarded the silver and...
Category: Obituaries
Mr Norman Wales
The Committee of Management suffered another severe loss with the death on 21st July of Mr. Norman Wales, J.P., who joined the Committee in 1961 and served on a number of sub-committees. He was chairman of Wates Ltd.
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Category: Obituaries