LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

Galway Bay, Co. Galway.—On the night of the 3rd April a doctor asked for the services of the motor life-boat William Evans to take a patient to the mainland for an immediate operation.

A moderate east breeze was blowing,...

Walton and Frinton, Essex. — About 6.0 on the evening of the 17th of March, 1951, the Walton-on-the-Naze coast- guard telephoned that the S.S. Sodality, of London, four and a half miles north east of Barrow Deep, had a sick man on board. She...

WE are indebted to the courtesy of Mr. R. EARP, of Austin Friars, for the follow- ing very quaint and interesting descrip- tion of a method of constructing a life-belt, extracted by him from an old Black Letter book published nearly three...

Lowestoft, Suffolk.—About noon on the 12th of May, 1951, the coastguard reported that the S.S. Kentwood, of London, lying off Gorton lightvessel, had asked if the life-boat could take a doctor to her to attend a sick man. At 12.45 in the...

The Swanage, Dorset, life-boat R.L.P, being rehoused on 21st June, 1969, with the two men she had rescued from the yacht Lydos.. - View image in PDF

APRIL 29TH. - HOWTH, CO. DUBLIN.

At 5.45 in the evening a message was received from the Bailey Lighthouse that a boat had capsized between Poolbeg Light and Dun Laoghaire harbour. A strong and squally north-north-west wind...

The Societe Nationale des Hospital- iers Sauveteurs Bretons has awarded its silver medal for saving life with diploma to Sergeant E. C. Smith of the Royal Air Force for the rescue by helicopter of two of the crew of the trawler Jeanne Gougy...

SOUTHERN DISTRICT Torbay, Devon - At 3.35 p.m. on ist April, 1967, it was learned that a sailing dinghy had capsized off Paignton. The IRB was launched at 3.47 in a moderate to fresh south by westerly wind and a slight sea. It was low water....