LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Clwyd
Lytham-St. Anne's, Lancashire. At 4.40 on the afternoon of the 14th of Feb- ruary, 1961, the motor mechanic in- formed the honorary secretary that the yacht Clwyd had run aground on the north side of the Ribble estuary. The...
A Rowing Punt
FEBRUARY 28TH . - POOLBEG , CO .DUBLIN. At 5.30 P.M. a resident of Ringsend reported that a small open boat was adrift in the fairway of the River Liffey, east of Pigeon House Fort. A strong S.W. wind was blowing, with a rough sea and an...
Reaper
St. Ives, Cornwall.—-At 4.43 in the afternoon of the 26th of July, 1949, the coastguard telephoned that the local pleasure boat Reaper, with a boat- man and twelve passengers aboard, had struck a rock between Wicca Point and Zennor Point,...
Eight Men Rescued from French Trawler
AT 3.49 on the afternoon of the 8th of November, 1956, the honorary secre- tary at St. David's, Dr. Joseph Soar, learnt from the coastguard that a vessel was being towed into Milford Haven and might need help. The Angle life-boat at the...
Category: Services
Young John
WEXFORD.—In the afternoon of the 10th February, while a strong gale was blowing from the N.W. with a rough sea, signals of distress were shown by the fishing lugger Young John, of St. Ives, which had left Wexford on her homeward journey two...
None (5)
Port St. Mary, Isle of Man. At 3.10 on the afternoon of the 30th of Decem- ber, 1959, the life-boat R. A. Colby Cubbin No. 2 was launched to take pro- visions to the light-keepers on Chicken Rock lighthouse, who had been cut off for nearly...
The Help of Shipowners
THE following is the list of effective donations received from the owners.
services canied out during the first The list does not include any -services four months of 1927, with the names of where salvage has been paid to...
Category: Donations
The Medal of the Royal National Life-Boat Institution, For the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck
THE MEDAL R0YAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION, PRESERVATION OP LIFE FROM SHIPWRECK.
Obverse.—Bust of Her Majesty Queen Victoria; beneath, in minute letters, " L. C. Wyon." Double legend, " Royal National...
Category: Medals
Marnhull
At 6 A.M. on the 10th February signals of distress were observed on the North end of the Barnard Sand. The wind at the time was blowing a strong breeze from the S,W. and the sea was rough. The No. 2 Life-boat, St. Michael's, Paddington,...
The Belgian Fishing Vessel Zeemansblik
Yarmouth, Isle of Wight. At 10.26 p.m. on I9th February, 1965, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the Belgian fishing vessel Zeemansblik was aground two miles west by north of St. Catherine's Point. The life-boat The...