LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Mary James
PENZANCE.—On the 25th February the schooner Mary James of Fenzance was being taken into the floating dock when the W. gale caused her to part her warp, and being light she immediately drifted out of the harbour and towards the Cresser reef...
Yacht Mar-g-habi
Margate, Kent.—At about 4.30 P.M.
on the 29th May, 1938, the coastguard reported that a motor yacht was ashore on the north part of Margate Sands.
The weather was squally, with a southerly wind and a rough...
The Fishwives of Cullercoats
THE fishwives of Cullercoats this year collected £139 at the quarterly road exercise and launch of the life-boat.
This was the fourteenth annual col- lection and the total for the fourteen years is...
Category: Articles
The Rowing Fishing Boat Barbara
At about 3.30 P.M. on the 18th October information came that a fishing boat was in distress to the north-east of Llandudno Bay. A strong westerly breeze was blowing, with a rough sea.
The motor life-boat Thomas and Annie...
Ocean Gain
FIREMEN ON BOARD North Sunderland, Northumberland.
On the evening of i6th October, 1963, the motor mechanic told the honorary secretary that he had been told that two vessels had been in collision in Newton Bay and that one...
The North Goodwin Lightvessel
Dover, Kent.—While on passage on the afternoon of the 12th of October, 1957, from Rowledge to Dover, where she was to be stationed temporarily, the life-boat Cunard received a message on her radio telephone that a member of the crew of the...
Minnie II
MCH. 11TH. - PWLLHELI, CAERNARseaplane.
VONSHIRE. The life-boat motor mechanic saw a sailing yacht which appeared to be in difficulties about three miles S.E. of the lifeboathouse.
A moderate N.N.W. gale...
Foreign coins
Tesco Stores Ltd, the biggest supermarket chain in the British Isles, has kindly agreed to collect foreign coins for the RNLI in their stores from July to September. It is estimated that there are millions of pounds worth of foreign coins,...
Category: Donations
Canoes
Without a paddle Experienced canoeists James Candy Snr and Jnr were caught out in heavy surf off Ogmore-by-Sea, Bridgend, on 15 October 2005. Capsized by a large wave, the 13-year-old was unable to regain control in the choppy water and lost...
War Honours
IT is with great satisfaction that we record the fact that two old employees of the Institution have received distinction for good work in the field.
LIEUTENANT H. G. SPARY, who was a clerk in the Midland District Office,...
Category: Awards