LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
General Caulfield
COURTMACSHERRY, Co. CORK.—On the 12th January, at about 11 A.M., information was received that a large barque was embayed. On arriving at the Harbour point she grounded on the bar in about 18 feet of water. The wind was blowing from S.W. at...
Dunluce
Portrush, Co. Antrim.—At about 4 P.M. on the llth August, 1939, the second coxswain of the life-boat reported that the motor fishing boat Dunluce, of Portrush, with a crew of four on board, was in need of help off Curran Point. A moderate...
A Fishing Boat (2)
Dunmore East, Co. Waterford. At 10.10 on the morning of the 4th of September, 1958, a message was re- ceived from Ballymacaw harbour that a fishing boat had broken down with engine trouble a quarter of a mile off shore. At 10.15 the life...
The Conningbeg Lightvessel
MASTER OF LIGHTVESSEL Kilmore, Co. Wexford. At 5.30 p.m.
on 8th January, 1964, the Irish Lights Office informed the honorary secretary that the wife of the master of the Conningbeg lightvessel was ill. There were light airs...
Lifetime achievement
RNLI corporate services director, tenVentham, former head of fundraising and marketing, had a great surprise in July when he was presented with a Lifetime Achiever's Award by Kevin Kibble of Professional Fundraising magazine. The award,...
Category: Advertisement
Port St. Mary Life-Boat Approaches Chickens Rock Lighthouse
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Category: Photographs
Caught by conditions
3 September 2011: Porthcawl’s B class lifeboat Rose of the Shires was called out to rescue two kayakers who’d got caught out by a sudden change in conditions. The crew had just finished a fundraising bike ride when they got the...
Category: Articles
Brazilian
GORLESTON, SUFFOLK.—The Life-boat Thora Zelma was launched at 3.50 P.M., on the 7th April, information having been received that a three-masted schooner had stranded on the outer bank. A N.E. by N. wind was blowing; the sea was smooth and...
The S.S. Tresfond
At about 8 P.M. on the 9th December the s.s.
Tresfond, of Stavanger, bound from Christiania to South Shields, ran ashore about half a mile north of the boathouse, duringfoggyweather. Shortly afterwards a stiff N.E. wind got...
Firefly
Bridlington, Yorkshire. — At eight o'clock on the morning of the 12th of July, 1953, the harbour office rang up to say that a boat needed help off Skip- sea, and at 9.20 the life-boat Tillie Morrison, Sheffield II was...