LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Galway Crew Thanked
A letter has been received from the Greek Ministry of Merchant Marine highly commending the courage and resolution of the crew of the Galway Bay life-boat when she went to the help of the motor vessel Razani and her crew of eight on 26th...
Category: Correspondence
Dunluce
Portrush, Co. Antrim.—At about 4 P.M. on the llth August, 1939, the second coxswain of the life-boat reported that the motor fishing boat Dunluce, of Portrush, with a crew of four on board, was in need of help off Curran Point. A moderate...
Delightful
Longhope, Orkneys. At 2.45 on the afternoon of the 10th of November, 1960, a south-easterly gale was blowing and the sea was very rough at the mouth of Aith Hope. The bowman of the life- boat and a member of the crew, who jointly owned the...
Scadan
Valentia, Co. Kerry.—At 9.30 on the morning of the 17th of June, 1955, a message was received from Cahirciveen asking if the life-boat would search for the fishing boat Scadan, of Tralee, which had not returned from...
The S.S. Cuban
Troon, Ayrshire.—At four o'clock on the morning of the 16th of January, 1955, the Kildonan coastguard tele- phoned that he had seen a red flare east of Kildonan. At 5.40 the life- boat Sir David Richmond of Glasgow put out. The sea...
No.3
During a whole S.W. gale on the 15th March tho steam hopper No. 3, of Liverpool, was observed to be in difficulties, and the Life-boat John and Henrietta was launched and went to her. The hopper had lost her rudder and was drifting...
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Category: Advertisement
A Bishop's Interest
AN exercise of the life-boat at Barra Island was held in November, 1951, during a visit to the island of the Bishop of Argyll and Isles. This was his first trip in a life-boat.
The bishop had been very anxious to make it,...
Category: Articles
Bonnie Dundee
On the 25th January the barque Bonnie Dundee, of Dun- dee, laden with coal, got on shore on the Newcome Sand, during a fresh gale with squalls from W.S.W. The Pakefield life- boat went off to her assistance, and on the vessel rilling and...
Regina
MONTROSE.—On the same day a very heavy sea was breaking on this coast and on the bar, and, as several steam and sailing vessels were awaiting the tide to enable them to enter the harbour, the Life-boatmen were on the look-out the whole of...