LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Obituary. Sir John Cameron Lamb
IT is with profound regret that we have to record the death, on the 30th March, of Sir John Cameron Lamb, C.B., C.M.G., V.P., the late Deputy-Chairman of the Institution. At the annual meeting in 1914 the Chairman, Lord Selborne, referred to...
Category: Obituaries
Margaret Herd
Lerwick, Shetlands. At 10.5 on the night of the 8th of April, 1958, the coastguard told the assistant honorary secretary that the fishing vessel Margaret Herd, of Fraserburgh, was ashore at Point of Ham in the Island of Bressay, near the...
A French Trawler (1)
Sennen Cove, Cornwall; and St.
Mary's, Scilly Islands. At 8.12 on the evening of the 28th June, 1961, the coastguard informed the Sennen Cove honorary secretary that the Southern Rescue Coordination Centre at Ply- mouth...
New Scottish Life-Boat Magazine
THE SCOTTISH LIFE-BOAT COUNCIL is producing a new magazine, The Scottish Life-boat, in June, 1967. The new magazine, which will appear annually, will have a wide range and cover all aspects of the work of the Institution in Scotland, with a...
Category: Articles
A Fine Service at Holyhead
ON the evening of the 7th October, 1938, a small coaster was reported by the coastguard watchman at Rhosneigir to be making distress signals between Rhosneigir and Porthdinllaen. The Porthdinllaen and Holyhead life-boat stations were...
Category: Services
A 52 Hours' Service
The American steamer " Hybert" ran on the Goodwins on her way to Antwerp shortly after 7 o'clock on the morning of November 6th, and was refloated in the early morning of the 9th. The Walmer Life-boat stood by from 8... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Naming Ceremonies
Relief fleet - D ciass City of Peterborough A new D class lifeboat funded by money raised from a special appeal in the Peterborough area, and organised by the local Peterborough branch, was officially handed over and dedicated in a ceremony...
Category: Inaugurations
Dolly
.— On the 28th May, during a temporary lift in the prevailing fog, a schooner was observed on the Atherfield Ledge. The crew of the Life-boat Catherine Swift were summoned, and the boat proceeded to the vessel's assistance. On going...
Sir William Hillary, Bt
Lieutenant Turcopolier of the Venerable Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem.
AMONG his distinctions, Sir William Hillary was Lieutenant Turcopolier of the Order of the Knights of St. John of Jerusalem, and we...
Category: Articles
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Climber falls THREE YOUTHS WERE CLIMBING down the cliff at Wylfa Headland on Wednesday, April 13, when a peg pulled out of the cliff and one of the boys fell about 35 feet into the sea, striking the cliff face and a submerged rock on his way...