LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The S.S. Texa
IRVINE.—The Life-boat Busbie was launched at 1.30 A.M. on the 10th March, and proceeded to the assistance of the s.s. Texa, of Glasgow, bound from Glenarm for Irvine with limestone, which had stranded on the north side of the bar, at the...
Annual Awards 1975
The Maud Smith Bequest for the outstanding act of lifesaving in 1975 has been awarded to Coxswain/Mechanic David Kennett of Yarmouth, Isle of Wight, for the rescue on September 14 of the crew of five of the yacht Chayka of Ardgour. Coxswain...
Category: Awards
Garland
CLACTON-ON-SEA.—On the 23rd May, the Albert Edward Life-boat rescued the crew, consisting of 9 persons, from the brig Garland, of South Shields. The particulars of this service were fully detailed in the last number of the Life-boat Journal....
The S.S. Montagu
WEXFORD.—On the 25th April, at 11.30 A.M., the s.s. Montagu, of Liverpool, was observed ashore on the south side of the East Bar Channel. The Civil Service Life-boat was at once launched, and was taken in tow by the steam-tug Ruly, which had...
The S.S. Albion Star
The Mumbles, Glamorganshire.—On the 23rd of April. 1948, the s.s. Albion Star, of London, was anchored off shore.
Her crew had run out of food, while taking the steamer to a yard to be broken up. A south-westerly breeze was...
Go wild, stay safe
Thinking of doing more sea swimming?
Here are some RNLI safety tips:
- Cold-water shock can occur within seconds of sudden immersion in cold water, causing a gasping reaction and an increase in blood...
Category: Articles
Victor
Dover, Kent. At 6.30 on the morning of the 18th of May, 1958, a message was received that the pilot boat Victor of Dover was drifting, with her steering gear broken, three miles west-south- west of Dover. At 6.45 the life-boat Southern...
The S.S. Cranby
OCTOBER 20TH. - REDCAR, YORK-SHIRE. At 9.30 P.M. the S.S. Cranby, ofMontreal, a 2,000-ton steamer, with a crew of twenty-one, bound laden with coal from Newcastle to London, ran ashore on West Scar Rocks. The weather was hazy, with a light...
The Sailing Boat Fiddlesticks
Howth, Co. Dublin—At 12.45 in the afternoon of the 15th of August, 1948, a yacht reported that a small boat was drifting off Ireland's Eye, and at 1.4 the motor life-boat R.P.L. was launched in a fresh westerly breeze with a moder- ate...
Mayor's Charity
Jean Rowe, the new Mayor of Restormel Borough Council in Cornwall (below), chose the RNLI as one of three charities which will benefit from an official programme of fundraisng during her year in office.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs