LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
In the Great Gale of November 23rd, 1938
In The Great Gale of November 23rd 1938. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Ada Melmore
PORT ISAAC.—On the 20th February, during a heavy gale from N.W., the barque Ada Melmore, of Maryport, was observed at anchor close in upon the rocks, near Port Quin, 4 miles from Port Isaac, with Signals of distress flying. About 9...
Mikado
YACHT'S CREW FOUND IN STATE OF EXHAUSTION Torbay, Devon. At 10.50 on the night of the 14th August, 1962, the coastguard passed on to the honorary secretary a report from some visitors that flares had been seen in Start Bay off Torcross....
Lt-Cdr Tim Fetherston-Dilke the New Chief Coastguard
Lt-Cdr Tim Fetherston-Dilke, the new Chief Coastguard,. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Berthe Marie (1)
The schooner Berthe Marie, which a few days previously had been in difficulties off Port Isaac, was again in trouble on the llth December when near the Swansea Fairway Buoy. A strong W.N.W. gale was blowing and the master, fearing that he...
Life-Boat Service and the Boys' Brigade
IN Northern Ireland the Life-boat Service has been receiving very valuable help from the Boys' Brigade during the last two or three months. The Belfast Battalion has made a systematic house to- house collection in the city of Belfast,...
Category: Articles
Shipwrecked Fishermen and Mariners' Royal Benevolent Society
ON the 23rd May last, H.R.H. the DUKE OF EDINBURGH presided at the Anniversary Meeting of this Society, at the Mansion House. His Royal Highness was sup- ported on the occasion by the LORD MAYOR, the DUKE or MARLBOROUGH (Pre- sident of the...
Category: Meetings
Wexford Aero Club
Eleven student pilots from Wexford Aero Club back home with their Beagle Pup aircraft after a gruelling day's sponsored relay flight round Ireland, with six crew changes. It was a complicated navigation exercise to test crew skills with... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Bridlington, Yorkshire, Life-Boat Crewman Fred Walkington (Right) Bringing Ashore a German from the Pipe-Laying Barge Eider Who Had Received Head Injuries In a Gale. Below, the Bridlington Life
Bridlington, Yorkshire, life-boat crewman Fred Walkington (right) bringing ashore a German from the pipe-laying barge Eider who had received head injuries in a gale. Below, the Bridlington life-boat—a 37-foot Oakley—heading out into a 100... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
North-Western Conference
A CONFERENCE of branches and guilds in the North-West of England was held at Blackpool on 17th and 18th June.
Two hundred and thirty-six delegates attended, from forty-four branches and guilds. The delegates were officially...
Category: Meetings