LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Conqueror
— At 3.10 A.M. on the 15th January informa- tion was telephoned from the Pier Head that flares had been seen about one and a half miles from the pier in the direction of the Lowway Buoy.
Putting off in a moderate S.W. gale,...
Awards to Coxswains and Life-Boatmen
To JOHN E. MORRIS, on his retirement, after serving for 17J years as coxswain and 3 moaths as bowman of the Barmouth lifeboat, a coxswain's certificate of service and an annuity.
To JOHN C. SNELL, on his retirement,...
Category: Awards
Two Fishing Cobles (1)
When the cobles belonging to Filey were returning from the fishing grounds on the 7th April they were overtaken by snow-storms and a strong north-easterly wind, caus- ing a very rough sea in the tideway at the Brigg End. Great anxiety was...
RESCUE
Our lifeboat crews and lifeguards carry out thousands of rescues every year. Here are just some of those caught on camera, and see the following pages for more reports:
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Category: Articles
Resolute
FISHGUARD.—The schooner Resolute, of Aberystwyth, bound from Abersocb. for Bristol with a cargo of lead ore, showed a signal of distress while at anchor in the bay, during a fresh gale from the S., on the morning of the 13th December. The...
None (3)
INJURED WOMAN TAKEN TO MAINLAND Galway Bay, Co. Galway. At ten o'clock on the morning of the 18th February, 1963, the local nurse asked the honorary secretary if the life-boat would take a seriously injured elderly woman to Rossaveel on...
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Category: Advertisement
Edna
Plymouth, Devon.—At 12.8 early on the morning of the 2nd of January, 1956, the Yealm coastguard reported that flares had been seen in the direc- tion of Picklecombe and stated that a naval M.F.V. had put out. At 1.55 the Queen's...
S.S. Celerity
CROMER, NORFOLK.—A message by telephone having been received from Mundesley stating that the services of the Life-boat were required, on the 17th February, the Life-boat Benjamin Bond Cabbell was launched at 9 P.M. and found the s.s....
Lilian
In the early morning of the 12th-13th July the cutter Lilian, of Arklow, stranded on the bar of Tacumshane, about six miles from Kilmore Quay. At low water two of the crew managed to get ashore and made for Kilmore for...