LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Annual General Meeting and Presentation of Awards
SOUTH BANK, LONDON, TUESDAY MAY 22 AN OUTSTANDING DAY: THE CROWN OF A MEMORABLE YEAR LIFEBOAT PEOPLE from all parts of Great Britain and the Republic of Ireland, and, indeed, from many other parts of the world, came to the Royal Festival...
Category: Meetings
Slick rescue
In the midst of an ecological disaster, St Mary’s and Penlee volunteers helped keep 35 people safe.
The crude oil supertanker Torrey Canyon left Kuwait on 19 February 1967 for Milford Haven in Pembrokeshire. Her crew were...
Category: Articles
Laurel, of Goole
On the llth Janu- ary the schooner Laurel, of Goole, came on shore, during a strong wind and heavy sea.
The Parsee life-boat, which was immediately launched, succeeded in saving the crew of 3 ...
Victor, of Grimsby
On the 6th October, during stormy weather, the schooner Victor, of Grimsby, was seen riding at anchor in a dangerous position in Hoy Sound. The Saltaire life-boat was promptly manned and launched, and assisted to bring the schooner and.her...
Gem
On the 5th Sept. this Life-boat again put off in a gale of wind, and rescued 5 men and a pilot from the wreck of the schooner Gem, totally lost on the Dogger Bank..
Caroline and Phoenician
THUBSO, N.B.—During a gale of wind from the W.S.W., with rain, on the 26th November, the schooners Caroline and Phoenician, at anchor in Scrabster Eoads, exhibited signals of distress, in response to which the Life-boat Charley Lloyd was...
Obituary
Brigadier-General Noel M. Lake, C.B.
BY the death last Christmas of Briga- dier-General Noel M. Lake, C.B., late of the Royal Engineers, at the age of 82, the Institution has lost a friend who for ten years gave it devoted...
Category: Obituaries
Annie
During the after- noon of the 10th February anxiety was felt for the safety of the motor fishing boat Annie, of Montrose, which had put out for the fishing grounds in the morning and had not returned. A moderate N.E. breeze was blowing, with...
Madge
At about half-past eleven on the night of the 6th August the coastguard reported signals of distress from the direction of the Battery Rocks. The sea was rough with a strong tide running, and a moderate N.N.W. breeze was...