LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

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AT 5.50 a.m. on 2yth October, 1963, Valentia radio station informed the honorary secretary of the Youghal life- boat station, Commander B. Arbuth- not, that the French trawler Fee des Ondes was ashore in Youghal Bay. The position given,...

THE important and interesting question as to whether or not our Coast Lights should be exhibited free of charge to the shipping of all .nations has been recently discussed in the House of Commons. It is an important question, seeing that the...

Inaugural Ceremony by the Prince of Wales, K.G.

THE PRINCE or WALES, as President of the Institution, on 10th July named the new Dover Motor Life-boat Sir William Hillary, after the founder of the Institu- tion.

In four years of war our life-boats have rescued 5288 lives. They have rescued more lives in these four years of war than in the last fifteen years of peace. They have rescued 25 lives every week.

Life-boatmen have been...

Having given almost two-thirds of a century to the RNLI between them, three Scottish volunteers are retiring this year. After clocking up 14 years (and 6,625 nautical miles), Peter ‘Ped’ McKinnon is retiring from his role as full-time...

Lifeboat Services August, September and October 1988 Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire 54ft Anin ON 1050: October 20 Aberdovey, Gwynedd Atlantic 21: August 2, 27 and 29 Abersoch, Gwynedd Atlantic 21: August 8, 20. 29, September 3,...

The Societe Nationale des Hospital- iers Sauveteurs Bretons has awarded its silver medal for saving life with diploma to Sergeant E. C. Smith of the Royal Air Force for the rescue by helicopter of two of the crew of the trawler Jeanne Gougy...