LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Naomh Cionnec
Valentia, Co. Kerry.—At 3.30 on the afternoon of the 6th of August, 1955, the Valentia radio station telephoned that a motor boat, which had taken a party of visitors to Skelligs Rock, had broken down on leaving the rock. At 3.45 the...
A Sailing Dinghy
SAILING DINGHY BEACHED AFTER CAPSIZE Arklow, Co. Wicklow. At 12.20 on the afternoon of the 24th August, 1962, the mechanic informed the honorary secretary that a sailing dinghy had capsized a mile and a half north-east of Arklow harbour. The...
Emily
JANUARY 23RD. - BALLYCOTTON, CO. CORK. At 8.35 A.M. a man reported that he had seen a flare and the motor life-boat Mary Stanford was launched at 8.45 A.M.
A moderate N.N.W. wind was blowing, with a heavy swell. Eight...
To Raise Money for the Nottinghamshire Appeal Andrew Foss a Young Shoreline
To raise money for the Nottinghamshire appeal, Andrew Foss, a young Shoreline member, had the idea of painting an outline 33ft Brede lifeboat on a piece of hardboard.
He and his friend Adrian Hall (they are both 12 years... - View image in PDF
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Fishing Cobles
CULLERCOATS.—A gale of wind having sprung up on the morning of the 1st April, and three of the cobles engaged in the salmon fishing being in danger of being swamped by the heavy seas in taking the bar, the Life-boat Palmerston was launched...
Lady Sophie
YACHT TAKEN IN TOW IN GALE Howth, Co. Dublin. At 3.47 on the afternoon of the 26th August, 1962, the Baily lighthouse-keeper informed the honorary secretary that a motor yacht which he had kept under observation for twenty-five minutes was...
Ellen
CARDIGAN.—About 2 P.M. on the 1st November it was reported that the smack Ellen, of Milford, which had during the day come up from the westward, and had brought up in the bay outside the bar, had hoisted a flag for resistance, and that she...
The Converted Ship's Boat Stephanie Jan
Weston-super-Mare, Somerset. — At 8.55 on the evening of the 21st of May, 1956, the Barry Island coastguard reported that a dinghy was drifting seaward off Portishead and that the crew were waving. The life-boat Fiji and Charles was launched...
Tequila
OWNER'S GRATITUDE Dungeness, Kent. At 11.30 a.m. on 15th October, 1963, a man informed the honorary secretary that a small boat had fired two flares 150 yards off shore between Galloways and Dungeness. The life-boat Mabel E. Holland was...
The Life-Boat Transporting-Carriage
The Life-boat transporting-carriage is a very important auxiliary to the boat.
Nearly every Life-boat, except a few of the larger size, is provided •with a carnage, oa which she is kept in the boat-house ready for immediate...
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