LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Sir Arthur Reed
Sir Arthur Reed, who was Member of Parliament for Exeter from 1931 to 1945, died on the 15th of January, 1961, at the age of 79. He joined the Com- mittee of Management in 1936. He served on the Finance and General Pur- poses Committees and...
Category: Obituaries
The S.S. Tergestea
The s.s. Tergestea G. T. 31, while bound from the Tyne to London with a cargo of coal, on the 16th October, struck a wreck close to Aldeburgh Napes. As she was badly damaged the captain at once made for Harwich, but before he could reach...
Coxswain Joseph Mcloughlin
Coxswain Joseph McLoughlin, of Howth, who was awarded the bronze medal of the Institution for the rescue of the crew of three of the motor fishing vessel Roscairbre of Dublin on i4th July, 1964, died in hospital hi Dublin on 30th June, 1965,...
Category: Obituaries
A Schoolgirl a Fairy a Clown a Nurse and a Baby from Dunfermline
A schoolgirl, a fairy, a clown, a nurse and a baby from Dunfermline crawled round their local pubs—soft drinks only—and collected £180 for the RNLI. In real life they are (I to r) Hilary and Mick Fairhurst, Tony Taylor, Valerie and... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Andaman and Fortune
Dover, and Walmer, Kent.—At 2.55 early on the morning of the 24th of May, 1953, the Sandgate coastguard rang up to say that the motor vessel Andaman.
of Gothenburg, had collided with the Panamanian steamer Fortune three...
Vestlaan
Just after mid- night of the 1st May the coastguard re- ported that a vessel had fired distress rockets from a position 400 yards south of Portland Bill. She had gone ashore at the bottom of the cliffs. The sea was smooth, and a light...
Three Norwegian Fishing Vessels
Lerwick, Shetland - The life-boat Claude Cecil Staniforth slipped her moorings on 15th March, 1969, to go to the assistance of three Norwegian fishing vessels. A full report of this service, for which each member of the life-boat crew...
Coxswain William James
The Institution also deeply regrets the death of five other former cox- swains :— COXSWAIN SUPERINTENDENT WILLIAM ANDERSON, of the Humber.
COXSWAIN WILLIAM DYKE, of Swanage.
COXSWAIN ALEXANDER ...
Category: Obituaries
Matoya II
LIFE-BOAT RETURNS WITH YACHT IN TOW Yarmouth, Isle of Wight. At 3.45 on the afternoon of the 8th August, 1962, the Needles coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the yacht Matoya If had broken down west of the Needles. Ten minutes...
Peru
A small yacht was observed on the West Hoyle Bank soon after midday on the 4th August with a signal flying denoting that they required assistance. The crew were assembled and the Life-boat H. G. Powell launched. There was a moderate W.N.W....