LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

THE Royal National Life-boat Institu- tion has had only four secretaries during the 107 years of its existence. The first was Thomas Edwards, who served from 1824 to 1850. Richafd Lewis (1850 to 1883) and Charles Dibdin (1883 to 1910) were...

Hythe and Dungeness (Kent).

At 6.30 in the evening of llth November, with a 70-mile an hour gale blowing from the S.W., a very heavy sea running, and poor visibility on account of heavy rain, the Coxswain at Hythe received...

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Arklow, Co. Wicklow. At 8.17 on the morning of the 15th August, 1961, the honorary secretary received a message from the Bailey lighthouse that the Arklow lightvessel had picked up a sailing boat with five people...

.—In foggy weather on the 7th July at 4.10 P.M. a telephone message was received from the Coastguard stating that a large steamer was aground on the Cross Sand. The steam Life-boat James Stevens No. 3 proceeded to the vessel which proved to...

Angle, Pembrokeshire - At 5.35 p.m. on ist October, 1966, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a catamaran was almost on the rocks at Deadman's Cove. The life-boat White Star, on temporary duty at the station, was launched...

RADIO MESSAGE Valentia, Co. Kerry. At 1.35 a.m. on 2 ist December, 1963, the honorary secretary received a message via Valentia Radio that the motor vessel Wellpark, of Glasgow, had a crewman on board suffering from acute appendicitis. The...

FOR the rescue of four men from a trawler on the evening of 16th November, 1969, Coxswain John King of Bridlington has been accorded the thanks of the R.N.L.I. inscribed on vellum.

At 6.5 p.m. that evening Mr. A. W. Dick,...