LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

NOVEMBER  14TH. - FRASERBURGH, ABERDEENSHIRE. During the darkness of the early hours a heavy north-north-east gale, with squalls and a rough sea, broke the moorings of the fishing fleet in Balaclava Harbour. One drifter was driven on to...

Whitby, Yorkshire.—At about 10 A.M.

on the 18th April, 1938, the motor fishing boats Pilot Me and Success put to sea to haul their crab pots. Theweather was showery, and the sea strong. On the flood tide the sea grew worse...

A few days later, when in Buckie, the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh visited Jones Shipyard, where they saw the 48ft 6in Solent relief lifeboat The Royal British Legion Jubilee, which Her Majesty had named at Henley in 1972, ten years ago;... - View image in PDF

The following coxswains and members of life-boat crews were awarded certificates of service on their retirement and in addition those entitled to them by the Institution's regulations were awarded an annuity or a retirement allowance and...

Within three days of his appointment as Minister for The Marine and Natural Resources, Frank Fahey TD (Teachta Dala - Member of the Irish Dail or parliament) paid a courtesy call to Galway lifeboat station to visit the boathouse and view the... - View image in PDF

To THOMAS BENN, on his retirement, after serving for 26 1/2 years as Coxswain, 21 /2 years as Second Coxswain, and previously 3 1/2 years as Bowman of the Maryport Life-boat, a Coxswain's Certificate of Service, and a...

THE following Regulations are intended for the guidance of the Local Committee to be formed at each place at which a life-boat is stationed by the NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION, an j to whose care and control the life-boat, her crew, and...

Coxswain JohnW. Gerrard, of the Blackpool life-boat Maria Noble. Appointed second coxswain in 1955, Coxswain Gerrard, who became coxswain in 1965, joined the crew in 1935. Since he joined the crew, Blackpool life-boats have been launched... - View image in PDF