LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Saint Ronan
Port Erin, Isle of Man. At six o'clock on the morning of the 9th of July, 1958, a member of the branch committee telephoned the honorary secretary to say he had been woken by the noise of a ship's siren sounding several short blasts...
Couthie
Margate, Kent - At 10.50 p.m. on 28th July, 1968, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the yacht Couthie, with a crew of two on board, had gone ashore at Gresham bay, Birchington. The coastguards were standing by on shore and...
New Quay, Cardigan
Above the steps is the Archbishop of Wales, with Miss Lucy Silvester, of St. Albans, on his left, and behind them Captain Guy Fanshawe, R.N., a vice-president of the Institution, and Mr. D, B. Rees, honorary secretary of the station (Sec... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Ferona of Exeter
On the 5th No- vember the schooner Ferona, of Exeter, drove on shore near the entrance of Yar- mouth harbour: the Yarmouth smaller life- boat went to her assistance through a heavy surf, and succeeded in rescuing her crew of 5 men, landing...
None (4)
A combination of fair weather and thunderstorms made for a particularly busy weekend for the RNLI in May 2005. In two days, RNLI crews launched more than 75 times and rescued around 100 people On 7 May sailors were caught out by strong winds...
Howth
On the 2nd May a large four-masted barque was observed at anchor in Torbay flying a signal for assistance. The Coastguard reported the matter to the Harbour Master, and within a quarter of an hour of the crew being summoned the Life- boat...
Threesome
Bembridge, Isle of Wight - At 3.43 p.m. on 3rd October, 1967, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a yacht with her engine broken down and her sail torn was firing flares four miles south south east of Ventnor. The life-boat...
Fishing Cobles (4)
STAITHES AND RUNSWICK, YORKSHIRE.
—At about 7 o'clock on the morning of the llth March, about twenty of the Staithes fishing-cobles proceeded to sea.
The weather then was fine, but there was a strong...
Day's
HARWICH.—The steam Life-boat Duke of Northumberland, with the reserve Lifeboat in tow, went out on the morning of the 6th January, in a fresh gale from the N.E., snow squalls and a very heavy sea, signals having been fired by the Cork...
Fatal Accident In Boarding Boat
Second Mechanic F. K. Neilson of New Brighton, lost his life on the 6th March, 1962, when he fell overboard from the New Brighton boarding boat.
The honorary secretary of the New Brighton station had issued instructions...
Category: Obituaries