LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

At 10 P.M. on the night of the 15th October, during a whole N. by E. gale with a very heavy sea—one of the worst gales for some years—distress flares were seen to the S.W. of Moelfre Island. They came from the schooner Isallt, of Skibbereen,...

The Humber, Yorkshire.—8th February, 1939. The- Greek steamer Katina Bulgaris, of Andros, had collided with the American steamer Meanticut and sank, but the Meanticut rescued her crew.—Permanent paid crew: Rewards, £l Os. 3d..

Great Yarmouth and Corleston, Norfolk.

—6th September, 1939. An explosion had been reported in the neighbourhood of the Gorton Light-vessel, but the lifeboat found that the light-vessel itself was all right, and there was...

K.C.B., C.V.O., C.B.E., who died on the 5th of December, 1954, at the age of 61, had been a member of the Com- mittee of Management for seven years.

He first joined the committee in 1947 as an ex-officio member when he was...

On the 21st of January, 1955, the Cloughey life-boat rescued eleven men from the M.V. Roskva, of Bergen.

For a full account of this service and the awards made, see page 53..

MRS. R. H. ROBINSON, M.B.E., who on retiring from the W.R.A.C. in the rank of Major, was appointed Assistant Organising Secretary for the South- East district, has been appointed District Organising Secretary for that district in succession...

Moelfre, Anglesey. At three o'clock on the afternoon of the 16th of Septem- ber, 1960, the honorary secretary was informed that a tender engaged on diving operations had dragged her anchor in Benllech Bay. One engine had stopped and...

LUNCHEON CLUBS associated with the Life-boat Service have become increasingly popular in recent years in Yorkshire. The first ladies' life-boat luncheon club was established at Leeds, and there are now similar clubs in Bradford,...