LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Padstow
PADSTOW, CORNWALL On the 23rd November, 1944, the Padstow life-boat rescued seven of the crew of the S.S. Sjofna, of Norway., SECOND MOTOR MECHANIC WILLIAM ORCHARD, acting as coxswain, was awarded the silver medal.
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Category: Medals
Zouave
During the night of the 7th February the schooner Zouave was lost on the Hasbro' Sand. She belonged to Ports- mouth, was bound from that place to Seaham, and carried a crew of 6 hands.
The night was hazy and the wind...
Wraysbury Lake Sailing Club
Wraysbury Lake Sailing Club has traditionally held a series of three days of dinghy racing in aid of the RNLI. but last year, getting more ambitious, it staged a regatta during the whole of August Bank Holiday weekend. There were 60... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
A Minister's Plea for the Life-Boat Service
SPEAKING in the new Parish Church, Ardrossan, on Sunday, September 15th, the Rev. R. P. Fairlie, taking the text Mark iv. v. 41, pointed out that, while several of Christ's disciples were fisher- men, their work was only on a little...
Category: Articles
Thebe
Llandudno, Caernarvonshire. At 12.30 on the afternoon of the 26th of July, 1958, the honorary secretary was told that a small boat appeared to be in difficulties one mile north of LittleOrme's Head. At 1.25 the life-boat Tillie...
Front Cover
Sennen Cove's Mersey class The Four Boys catches the evening sunlight as she heads away from the the Cornish coast on exercise. - View image in PDF
Photo by Rick Tomlinson. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
A Youghal Fishing Boat
NOVEMBER 7TH. - YOUGHAL, CO. CORK.
About 11.15 on the night of the 6th of November, a message was received that a Youghal fishing boat, with one man on board, was missing.
A light easterly breeze was...
Shoreline Section
BY the first week in February, we passed the 1,000th registration of members subscribing direct to Life-boat House, and since the Shoreline Scheme was started on 31st October, 1972, we have received over £12,000 from subscriptions and...
Category: Articles
Queen's Commendation
THE Queen's Commendation for Brave Conduct has been awarded posthumously to Joseph Bell; Stanley Graham; John Joseph Johnstone; and Alexander Black Ramsay.
The attempted rescue in which these four men, who were...
Category: Awards
Sixteen Men Rescued from Wreck
ON the 26th of April, 1955, the S.S.
Germania, of Piraeus, ran ashore to the east of Beachy Head. During the next ten days a number of salvage boats went out to her, and at 4.30 on the afternoon of the 6th of May Coxswain...
Category: Services