LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Brunette
AUGUST 10TH. - DUN LAOGHAIRE, CO. DUBLIN. Shortly after 3 P .M. a s m a l l yacht about three miles east of the harbour was seen trying to beat into harbour against westerly gale and a rough sea. She was kept in view by the life-boat...
April (1)
APRIL MEETING NORTH RONALDSHAY, ORKNEYS. On 3rd March, 1940, the Swedish vessel Lagaholm was attacked by German aeroplanes, and one of her boats, with thirteen of her crew, was seen off North Ronaldshay. A fresh westerly wind was blowing,...
Category: Services
A Ship’s Life-Boat
DECEMBER 30TH. - DONAGHADEE, CO.
DOWN. The sound of a horn and shouts for help were heard at eight in the evening, and the life-boat put out at once. She saw a ship’s life-boat with seven men on board, but before she...
Boys Snatched from Block
LETTERS of appreciation signed by the Secretary of the R.N.L.I., Captain Nigel Dixon, R.N., have been sent to the crew of the Eastney, Hampshire, IRB, Mr. J. Fletcher and Mr. R. Faro, for the rescue of two boys who were marooned off Southsea...
Category: Services
Ships' Logs
AMONGST the many appliances which con- tribute to the safe navigation of a ship, none is of more importance than the small instrument termed " a log," by which the distance run can be approximately ascer- tained from day to day, or...
Category: Articles
A Sailing Dinghy (1)
DINGHY'S CREW REFUSE OFFER OF HELP Criccieth, Caernarvonshire. At 4.50 on the afternoon of the 15th May, 1963, a local resident informed the honorary secretary that a small sailing dinghy was in difficulty between a mile and a half and...
A Rowing Boat (1)
COCKLE-GATHERERS IN PERIL Beaumaris, Anglesey.—Early in the morning of the 22nd of September, 1947, two men put out in a rowing boat to gather cockles, but a strong south- west wind blew up and at one o'clock in the afternoon the men...
Devotion (1)
Anstruther, Fifeshire, and Broughty Ferry, Angus. At 7.34 on the evening of the 27th of January, 1959, the coast- guard informed the honorary secretary at Anstruther that the fishing boat Devotion of Kirkcaldy was on fire about a mile and...
Last Launch of Old Sheringham Life-Boat from Her Station
Last Launch of Old Sheringham Life-Boat From Her Station. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Alison Mitchell In Hospital, Many Days After Her Ordeal
Alison Mitchell In Hospital Many Days After Her Ordeal. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs