LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Wrist Watch Awarded to Fourteen-Year-Old Boy
About eleven o'clock on the morning of the 10th June, 1962, Harry Christopher Duffy, a fourteen-year-old boy, heard two girl swimmers who were in the sea off Lake Pier, Hamworthy, Dorset, shouting. He was canoeing with other members of...
Category: Awards
A Fishing Coble
Three rescued RED FLARES sighted off Saltfleet Haven were reported to the honorary secretary of Mablethorpe lifeboat station by Humber Coastguard at 1940 on Sunday August 24, 1980, and, with the assistance of shore helpers, the station's...
Lona M
Motorboat aground ON THE EVENING of Saturday April 24, 1982, the small fishing boat Lona M ran aground on the rocks of North Wamses Island, about four miles east of North Sunderland lifeboat station. Mr Hawkey, warden for the Fame Islands...
A Good Example
THE 29th July last was "Life-boat Sunday" at Bangor Cathedral, sermons being preached by the Rev. T. LLOYD KYFFIN, M.A., Rector of Llanfaes, Angle- sey, formerly Honorary Secretary at the Cemaes Life-boat Station, and the col-...
Category: Articles
A Graceful Recognition of Services
the ON the 20th October, an interesting ceremony took place at the Sailors' Home, Holyhead, when the presentation of a Silver Medal and a reward in money, which had been voted by the Norwegian Government, was made to the coxswain and...
Category: Awards
Life-Boat Services In 1909
Lives saved.
Evelyn, brig, of Carnarvon — landed 8 on two occasions, Falcon, ketch, of Cardiff ....... 3 Ferguslie, s.s., of Glasgow— as- sisted to save vessel.
Fishing boats of Berwick, Boulmer, Crail,...
Category: Articles
The Rye Memorial
THE memorial to the seventeen Life- boatmen of Rye Harbour—who lost their lives on 15& November, 1928, when the Life-boat, returning from service in a whole gale, capsized as she appeared to be coming into the harbour-mouth with a...
Category: Articles
Lifeboat Services
East Division Rescue in the surf SILVER MEDAL A CALL CAME THROUGH to Tyne Tees Coastguard at 0101 on the morning of Saturday April 15, 1986, that a disabled fishing vessel, the 60ft La Morlaye, with three men on board, was in danger of going...
Category: Services
Meetings of Committee
Thursday, Feb. 3,1853. Capt. STEPHENSON ELLERBT in the Chair.
Confirmed minutes of the previous Meeting, and those of the Finance and Wreck and Reward Sub-Committees.
The Rev. SHAFTO ORDE reported that...
Category: Committee
Antoinette (1)
PORT ISAAC and PADSTOW, CORNWALL.
—Oa the morning of the 2ad January a barque, which proved to be the Antoinette, of St. John, New Brunswick, bound from Newport for Santos with coals, was observed about eight miles distant...