LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Lord Gough, of Whitby
On the 15th March, during a heavy gale from N.N.W., the brig Lord Gough, of Whitby, riding with several other vessels in Fishguard Bay, was considered to be in danger; and the crew, wishing to leave the vessel or run her for the beach, a...
Launching Ceremonies of New Motor Life-Boats
Scarborough, Bomber (Spurn Point), Hartlepool, Selsey and Bognor, Sennen Cove, New Brighton.
DURING the summer of this year the launching ceremonies have taken place of six Motor Life-boats.
Category: Inaugurations
Two Dinghies
Rowing dinghy WHILE SAILING his lift 6in Laser dinghy off Thorpe Bay Yacht Club at 1555 on Friday February 27. 1981, 16-year-old Carl Palmby saw someone on the beach waving to alert him to a casualty. He immediately headed for the position...
No Small Tempest Lay on Us
AT a life-boat service held at Lande- wednack Parish Church, and attended by the crews of the Lizard, Cadgwith and Coverack life-boats, on 22nd August, 1954, a diocesan lay reader took as his text Acts 27 verse 20: And when neither sun nor...
Category: Articles
Royal National Life-Boat Institution. Appeal
Patron - Her most gracious majesty the Queen.
His ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCE OF WALES, K.G.
—His GRACE THE DUKE or NORTHUMBERLAND, P.O., D.C.L.
Chairman —THOMAS BARING, Esq., HP., F.B.S...
Category: Advertisement
Royal National Life-Boat Institution. Appeal
SUPPORTED SOLELY BY VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTIONS.
Patroness — HER ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCESS OF WALES.
Vice Patron His ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCE or WALES, E.G.
VlCE-ADMlRAL H.R.H. THE...
Category: Advertisement
Emilie
PADSTOW, CORNWALL. — On the 7th April, a strong gale from N.W. was experienced, accompanied by a heavy sea, and by rain squalls at intervals. At about 3.50 P.M., information having been received by means of the telephone, that a vessel was...
From Golf Clubs
In 1944 forty golf clubs held competitions to help the Life-boat Service and they contributed £223..
Category: Articles
Maggie
On the night of the 17th November the coastguard reported that a vessel in the roadstead, abreast the town, was burning flares. The Cockle and St.
Nicholas light-vessels also fired signals.
A strong N.E....
Lady Luck
Fleetwood, Lancashire.—At 4.15 on the morning of the 24th of February, 1955, the police rang up to say that the 16-feet outboard motor boat Lady Luck, of Morecambe, which had put out with two men on board, was overdue.
At 5...