LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Tranmere
SELSEY.—The barque Tranmere, of Liverpool, bound from Hull to Cardiff in ballast, brought up off Selsey Bill, during a gale of wind from the 8. and in a very heavy sea, at about noon on the 2nd September.
A fisherman's...
Hyskeir II
Way, Inner Hebrides.—At 10.35 on the night of the 23rd of July, 1949, the Southend coastguard reported a tele- phone message from the Isle of Gigha that the motor yacht Hyskeir II, of Greenock, was aground on a reef to the north of...
Emperor, of Grimsby
On the 11 th November, the fishing smack Emperor, of Grimsby, was stranded during squally weather near Grainthorpe Haven. The North Briton life-boat put out and re- mained alongside the vessel some hours until the tide fell, leaving the...
Jan Brons
Dunmore East, Co. Waterford. The life-boat Annie Blanche Smith put out on nth March, 1964 to the help of the Dutch motor vessel Jan Brons. A full account of the service will appear in the next number of THE LIFE-BOAT. The lifeboat was also...
Luncheon Guest
COXSWAIN RICHARD EVANS, of the Moelfre life-boat, who is the only living life-boatman to have been awarded the Institution's gold medal twice, was nominated by the R.N.L.I. for the 'Men of the Year' Luncheon at the Savoy Hotel,...
Category: Awards
A Helping Nose
The Poole HQ's lifeboatman entered into the spirit of Comic Relief day on March 10, when staff braved the heights outside the building to add his distinctive red nose.
The replacement statue was positioned at first... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
A Wireless Appeal
ON Christmas Eve of last year a wireless appeal for the Life-boat Service was made by the Duke of Montrose. chairman of the Scottish Life-boat Council, a vice-president of the Institution and now the Institution's...
Category: Donations
Sea Safety century
Since their introduction in 2006, the RNLI’s volunteer lifeboat sea safety officers (LSSOs) around the UK and RoI have been saving lives through prevention – giving demonstrations and performing SEA Checks (like the one pictured...
Category: Articles
Druid, of Aberystwith
On the 9th Oc- tober, 1860, the schooner Druid, of Aber- ystwith, was driven ashore on Bideford bar. The Appledore life-boat, belonging to the NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION, was quickly launched through & high surf, and...
Water Lily
On the 11th February the schooner Water Lily, of Pwllheli, dragged her anchors in Darby Haven, in a heavy gale from the N.W., and sprang a leak. A signal of distress being hoisted, the Castletown life-boat was sent for, and proceeded to her,...