LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
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At 9 P.M. on the 24th January a vessel was observed on the Barber Sands. The crew of the No. 1 Life-boat, Covent Garden, were mustered, and in very cold snowy weather the boat was launched. The wind was moderate, but the sea was heavy on the...
Tom Paul
Workington, Cumberland. At 4.30 on the morning of the 21st of January, 1958, the honorary secretary was in- formed by a pilot that the pilot boat had not returned to harbour. The life-boat Manchester and Salford XXIX put out at 8.30 in a...
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Stromness, Orkneys.—At 3.40 on the afternoon of the 5th of June, 1956, a doctor rang up to say he had attempted to visit a patient at Graemsay by fish- ing boat, but because of the rough sea the vessel had had to return to Strom- ness. As it...
Rescue from Coaster After Nine Hour-Passage
AT 4.15 on the afternoon of the 7th of December, 1959, the honorary secre- tary of the Cromarty life-boat station, Mr. James Cameron, learnt from the coastguard that the coaster Servus of Leith needed help nine and a half miles south-by-east...
Category: Services
Unsung Heroes: Steve Robinson
Kinghorn Lifeboat Station’s tractor driver tells us what it’s like to be a part of the RNLI family
How are you involved with the RNLI?
I was senior helm, retiring in 1995. In 2014 I rejoined as tractor driver....
Category: Articles
Protect Your Car In Stormy Weather
THE Prince of Wales, President of the Institution, the Duke of York, Prince Henry, Prince George, Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll, Patron of the Ladies' Life-boat Guild, and Princess Victoria, have all accepted for use on. their cars...
Category: Articles
Shirley Williamson
Scarborough, Yorkshire.—At 1.40 in the afternoon on the 22nd of December 1949, the wife of the owner of the motor fishing boat Shirley Williamson picked up a radio distress call from her hus- band's boat. It was about eight miles...
Acacia
Valentia, Co. Kerry.—At 12.45 on the afternoon of the 6th of March, 1957, a message was received from Valentia radio that the trawler Acacia, of Dub- lin, needed help immediately at the mouth of Kenmare Bay. The life- boat A.E.D. put out at...
Hi-Hope and Tyn-Tuc
TROUBLE ON THE BAR THE ability to be able to anticipate a dangerous situation is useful at sea and this was demonstrated at Cardigan on 13th August, 1972, when the local ILB was called out before she was actually needed.
At...
A Motor Boat (1)
Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin - At 12.20 a.m. on I5th June, 1967, a report was received that shouts for help were coming from the sea off Sandycover Point. The life-boat John F. Kennedy slipped her moorings at 12.35 m a calm sea. The tide was...