LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

MCH. 2OTH. - WICK, CAITHNESSSHIRE.

Shortly before midday the lifeboat coxswain reported that several small fishing boats beating in towards the bay were in danger. The weather was squally, with hail showers, and a very...

BEFORE concluding this subject, a few comparative notes as to cost, size, weight, &c., of the Life-boats under dis- cussion may prove of interest.

Taking the matter of cost first. It is difficult to assign the exact...

To celebrate the 150th anniversary of the RNLI, brandies and guilds were asked to make some special fund raising effort to help raise the six million pounds needed for the vast boat building programme on which the Institution has embarked...

Ramsey lifeboat, the 37ft Oakley class James Ball Ritchie, setting out from harbour on April 10, 1986, in a north-easterly near gale to go to the aid of a cabin cruiser broken down 13 miles off the coast of the Isle of Man.

NOVEMBER 21ST. - PORTPATRICK, WIGTOWNSHIRE.

A steamer had sent out a distress call as her engine had broken down, but she was soon able to go on her way, and cancelled the call. - Rewards, £5 4s..

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ISLES OF SCILLY MINCARLO GUEST HOUSE -...

THE following lines, which graphically describe the rescue of a shipwrecked crew by one of the Life-boats of the NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION, were written by WILLIAM POTTER, a coast- guardman and coxswain of the Cahore Life-boat, on the...

The Maud Smith Bequest Award for the bravest act of lifesaving by a member of a lifeboat crew in 1974 has been awarded to Coxswain Tom Richard 'Ben' Tart of Dungeness. On February 11 the Dungeness lifeboat under Coxwain Tart's...