LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Ladies' Life-Boat Guild: New Appointments
New Appointments.
THE Viscountess Bertie of Tliame, who has been Chairman of the Central London Women's Committee of the Ladies' Life-boat Guild since 1925, has resigned, owing to the fact that she is now living...
Category: Articles
H.M. Torpedo Destroyer Recruit
SENNEN COVE, CORNWALL.—During a dense fog on the 27th of May H.M.
Torpedo Destroyer Recruit struck the rocks, about half a mile N. of Cape Cornwall, at 4 o'clock in the morning. The Coxswain, hearing distress signals,...
Proodos
OFF PENZANCE At 3 p.m. on 29th March, 1966, the honorary secretary was informed that the life-boat would be required to bring a sick man off the Greek vessel Proodos. At 6.10 the life-boat Solomon Browne was launched in a light north...
Obituary
With deep regret we announce the following deaths: April Dr Robert Rees Prytherch, a lifelong supporter of the RNLI who had been honorary medical adviser at Criccieth since 1956 and chairman of the station branch for many years. He was...
Category: Obituaries
Santa Gata and Norwegian Tanker Realf (1)
DEC. 1ST. - CROMER, NORFOLK, AND THE HUMBER, YORKSHIRE. Shortly after 7 P.M. a message was received from the coastguard that a vessel standing by two and a half miles north of the life-boat station wished to land a rescued crew. A westerly...
Galaxy
Walton and Frinton, Essex. At 1.45 p.m. on gth September, 1965, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the motor vessel Galaxy (radio transmitting station "Radio London") had requested the services of the lifeboat to...
Cuan
Port Erin, Isle of Man. At 11.29 on the night of the 2nd of August, 1959, the coastguard told the motor mechanic that the Swedish ship Kengis had taken a yacht in tow and was making for a position one mile west of Port Erin. The vessel had...
Chesterfield Branch and Shoreline Members
Chesterfield branch and Shoreline members met at Stevington House, Brookside, the home of Harry and Sybil Lin/ev, on July 18 for a wine and buffet supper in the garden. Nearly all the food was given by the committee who also prepared and... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Weston-Super-Mare:
Weston-super-Mare: On Wednesday July 25, 1984, the station's Atlantic 21 rigid inflatable lifeboat, Weston Centenary, was on stand-by for the town's air day. She was waiting to carry out a helicopter lift demonstration when a crew... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Two Vessels (1)
AUGUST 14TH. - APPLEDORE, AND CLOVELLY, DEVON, AND PADSTOW, CORNWALL.
About 7.10 in the evening information from the naval authorities was received at both Clovelly and Padstow that two vessels were sinking, as a result of...