LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

While a whole gale from S.E. was raging, accompanied by a very heavy sea, on the night of the 14th January, signals of distress were observed from a vessel on the " Middle Ridge," near Appledore. The Life-boat Jane Hannah MacDonald...

APRIL 25TH. - ROSSLARE HARBOUR, CO. WEXFORD. At 2.40 in the afternoon the Greenore military look-out post reported that an aeroplane had crashed in the sea about a mile north of Tuskar Rock Lighthouse.

Messages were also...

Friends of Andrew Bridge, the 21-year-old skipper of the lost yacht Cheeki Rafiki, set sail in his memory in August to raise money for the RNLI.

The trio took part in the Sevenstar Round Britain and Ireland Race. Despite...

Inshore rescue boats of the R.N.L.I, saved 733 lives last year. This is a record number and exceeds the 696 lives saved by IRBs over the whole of 1970. Since the R.N.L.I, first introduced its IRB fleet in 1963 the number of lives saved by...

Section Services by RNLB Shoreline The 37ft 6in Rother class lifeboat, Shoreline, stationed at Arbroath in Scotland and paid for out of the proceeds of a special appeal to recruit new Shoreline members, carried out a noteworthy service in...

CROMER.'—A vessel was observed on the morning of the 28th January, some distance to the northward of Cromer, labouring very heavily and apparently very deep in the water, with a signal of distress flying. The Benjamin Bond Cdblell...

WHEN Century Life-boat Day was held at Montrose the crews of the two Boats presented £8, and in addition to this returned the sum of £5 13s., which was due to them as payment for a practice launch, thus contributing nearly £14...

Brigadier J. W. H. Gow, CBE DL, who was involved with the RNLI in Scotland for many years. Brigadier Gow was chairman of Glasgow branch from 1937 to 1973, from 1953 to 1985 he served on the committee of management, andbetween the years 1950...