LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Lieut.-Col. H. W. Madoc, Isle of Man
LiEUT.-CoL. HENRY WILLIAM MADOC, C.B.E., M.V.O., who died on 7th January at the age of sixty-eight, was for twenty-three years the honorary secretary of the life-boat station at Douglas, Isle of Man. It was only in August of last year that...
Category: Obituaries
A Rowing Boat (3)
AUG. 1ST. - MOELFRE, ANGLESEY.
Three men, visitors to Moelfre, who were out in a rowing boat, got into difficulties in the strong tide. They signalled for help. The weather was fine, with a moderate S.W. wind and a slight...
Young Alice
SCARBOROUGH.—At 6.30 P.M., on the 7th February, the fishing smack Young Alice, of Scarborough, was endeavouring to enter the harbour during a S.S.E. wind and a very heavy sea, but not having sufficient canvas set she was driven on the beach....
Royal
Holy Island, Northumberland. — At 5.33 A.M. on the 12th October, 1939, the coastguard reported a ship ashore on the Goswick Sands. The weather was wet and cold, with a moderate easterly breeze and a heavy swell. At 5.57 A.M. the motor...
Lymrn Ladies
The ladies of Lymm and district branch (pictured right with RNLI area organiser for the North West, Jim Crowther) held an antiques evening on 8 November 1996 which raised over £1,200 for Institution funds.
The event... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
A Sailing Boat
SEPTEMBER 14TH. - POOLBEG, CO. DUBLIN.
At 8.30 at night information was received from the Clontarf Sailing Club that a small sailing boat was in difficulties at the mouth of the river. A strong westerly gale was blowing,...
Stella, of Waterford
APRIL 19TH. - DUNMORE EAST, CO. WATERFORD. At 11.15 at night the civic guard telephoned that flares for help had been seen. A light south-east wind was blowing. The sea was smooth. The motor life-boat Agnes Cross, on temporary duty at the...
H.M. Trawler Flotta
OCTOBER 29TH. - PETERHEAD, ABERDEENSHIRE.
At 5.30 A.M. the coast-guard reported signals of distress, and a few minutes later said that a vessel was ashore one mile north of Rattray Head. At 6.35 A.M. the Peterhead motor...
Eventide (1)
Newbiggin, Blyth, Amble and Tynemouth, Northumberland - On 5th August, 1966, life-boats from these stations carried out a search for the missing fishing coble Eventide whose crew of three - a father and two sons - were all at some time...
Halfpennies and Farthings
FOR the eighth year running the Institution received at Christmas, from a lady in Hampstead, a gift of all the halfpennies she has collected during the year. Her collection for 1938 was 552. This was 182 more than in...
Category: Donations