LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

WITHERNSEA.—A vessel having been reported ashore about a mile S. of Withernsea, the Life-boat Admiral Horn was launched at about 1.10 A.M. on the 17th November, in a heavy sea, the wind blowing half a gale from the S.E., and saved the crew...

COXSWAIN GEORGE LENG of Flam- borough died on the 6th of March, 1955, at the age of 75. He served as coxswain for 14 years, retiring at the end of 1945. He had previously served for more than 11 years as bowman.

In 1937 he...

DURING 1938 life-boat flag days were held by 772 of the 1,072 branches of the Institution, seven fewer than the record number of 1937. The amount collected on those days was £43,839 which was the largest total since 1930, and an...

When Ringley Parish Church, in Lancashire, held its first Festival of Flowers in July a display entitled 'The Work of the Lifeboats' was arranged by members of Farnworth and Kearsley branch. The Reverend C.... - View image in PDF

On the 21st July, the ship Constitution, bound from Liverpool to New York, with passengers and general cargo, struck on the Bank off Arklow. The life-boats at Arklow and Wicklow went off, with the view of rendering assistance. The vessel was...

IN 1894 the Committee of Management decided to take over control, upkeep and maintenance of ail the Life-boat stations in Liverpool Bay which had hitherto been under the management of the Mersey Dock Board, the latter corporation undertaking...

Cullercoats, and Tynemoutb, North- umberland.—On the same morning, February 26th, 1947, the Greek steamer Zephyros, of Argostoli, a vessel of 4,000 tons, bound, in ballast, from Rouen to the Tyne, was driven ashore during a blizzard at...

BBIXHAM, SOUTH DEVON.—Bockets were seen and signal guns heard during a S.E.

wind and a very heavy sea on the evening of Sunday the 6th December. The Lifeboat Brian Sates was launched at about 7 o'clock, pulled round...