LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

FEBRUARY 28TH. - FISHGUARD, PEMBROKESHIRE.

The life-boat put out at the request of the naval authorities to search for survivors from a steamer, but on reaching the position given, she found naval vessels exploding depth...

Porthdinllaen, Caernarvonshire, and HoIyhead, Angelsey.—22nd March.

Searched without success for a small boat which was adrift and eventually made land in Co. Down after thirty-five hours at sea.—Rewards, Porthdinllaen,...

Quick action saves life of fellow lifeboatman lost overboard It is particularly difficult for a lifeboat crew to go to the rescue of somebody that they know. It makes it even harder when the casualty is a fellow lifeboatman. The crew of...

LIFE-BOAT SEARCHES FOR CRABBER IN GALE Torbay, Devon. At 2.10 on the afternoon of the 14th August, 1962, the owner of the crab boat Torbay Belle, of Paignton, reported that he felt anxious for the safety of his boat and her crew of three...

Tenby, Pembrokeshire. At 12.23 on the afternoon of the 26th of June, 1960, the coastguard informed the honorarysecretary that a man had fallen over the cliff between Manobier camp and Lydstep and that the police had asked for the help of...

Swanage, Dorset - At 4.50 p.m. on 2nd September, 1969, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a red flare had been fired from a trimaran one and a half miles south of Peveril Point. At 5 o'clock the lifeboat R.L.P. was...

Volunteer action awards TJie Whitbread Volunteer Action Awards are recognised as one of the UK's most prestigious community award schemes.

Fundraising and operational volunteers with the RNLI are eligible for the awards...

Llandudno, Caernarvonshire. — At 11.15 on the morning of the 7th of September 1957, the police reported that a rowing boat with two girls and two young men on board was in diffi- culties in Colwyn Bay. The life-boat Tillie Morrison,...