LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Rongorge
Beaumaris, Anglesey.—At 8.30 on the evening of the 20th of July, 1953, it was reported that the yacht Rongorge, which had anchored off Gallows Point with a crew of four, was dragging, and at 8.45 the life-boat Field Marshal and Mrs. Smuts...
Charles E. Fielding
MR. CHARLES E. FIELDING deputy chairman of the Manchester and District branch, who had been an honorary worker for the Life-boat Service for 55 years and an honorary life governor of the Institution, died in the Isle of Man in October...
Category: Obituaries
Leander
FlSHGUARD, PEMBROKESHIRE. While a whole gale was blowing accompanied by a heavy sea on the night of the 2nd January, signals of distress were shown by the schooner Leander of Carnarvon, laden with meal from Paisley for...
Twin Sisters
RAMSEY, ISLE OF MAN.—In response to signals of distress the Life-boat MaryItabella was launched at 3.46 P.M. on the 12th January, in a whole gale from W.N.W. and a rough sea. On reaching the vessel, the schooner Twin Sisters, of and from...
Useful
RAMSEY, ISLE OF MAN.—The Lifeboat Mary Isabella was launched at 6 P.M. on the 29th January in a strong S.S.E. gale and heavy sea and succeeded in saving the crew of four hands of the schooner Useful of Barrow-in-Furness from a position of...
Julia
During a strong northerly gale on the 23rd March, the schooner Julia, of Runcorn, which was anchored in the bay owing to stress of weather, com- menced to drag her anchors and drifted into shallow water. Signals of distress were displayed,...
Try Again
On the 13th April the coble Try Again, returning from fishing in a strong breeze from S.E. and a rough sea, was in very great danger, and the Life-boat put off to assist her. She was the last boat of the fleet to return, and after the...
Gay Toucan
Selsey, Sussex - At 10.34 a.m. on 8th October, 1967, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a motor cruiser was aground on Kirk Arrow shoal, half a mile south of Selsey Bill. It was hoped she would refloat unassisted but at...
A Sailing Dinghy
Ramsgate, Kent - At 6.3 p.m. on 12th June, 1968, while the life-boat was on exercise, the coastguard informed the crew that a sailing dinghy with three people on board had capsized in Pegwell bay. The life-boat Michael and Lily Davis went to...
PATRICK MURPHY
Ex-Coxswain Patrick Murphy, of Newcastle, Co. Down, a gold medal holder, died on 28th January, 1969, at the age of 81. His first recorded service with the life-boats was in 1914, and in 1942 he won the gold medal for rescuing 39 men under...
Category: Obituaries