LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Stella Mary
Wicklow. At 4.15 on the afternoon of the llth of February, 1960, the coxswain was informed that a motor vessel which had engine trouble needed a tug. Her position was three miles north-east of Wicklow Head. As no tug was available the...
The Annual General Meeting and Presentation of Awards May 10th 1988
Each year, as supporters of the RNLI make their way home from the Institution's annual meeting and presentation of awards, there is a feeling that surely the achievements of that year cannot be bettered.
Yet, each year...
Category: Meetings
The S.S. Enterprise
The s.s. En- terprise, of Cardiff, loaded with coal, stranded on " Cowbar Steel," off Staithes, about 11 P.M. on the 16th June. The cobles belonging to the place went off to her assistance, but finding the conditions of weather...
Beryl
Two men had gone out fishing on the 6th November, in the motor fishing boat Beryl, of Appledore, but had not returned.
At 10.40 P.M. on the 7th, with moder- ate E. breeze blowing and a moderate sea, the Motor Life-boat...
Burry Port
This is what to do with your lifeboat after she has come out of service for the winter: push her for 12 miles along the road between Burry Port, Dyfed, and Loughor, pass a few pubs on the way and with the sponsorship collected in each pub... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
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Category: Advertisement
Six Days Aboard Welsh Life-Boats
FROM the 22nd to the 29th of June, 1960, the B.B.C. broadcast each evening a half-hour programme in the Welsh Home Service. The composite title of the series was Over the Waves, the narrator being Mr. Wynford Vaughan- Thomas. The six items...
Category: Articles
The Fund Raisers
Garden gnome By dressing up as a garden gnome in last year's Aldeburgh carnival, lifeboat supporter Mr M. H. Catterick won a personal bet for £100 which he very generously donated to the RNLI.
Netball shoot Eight...
Category: Articles
Ceremonies
Handing over of City of Edinburgh SUPPORT FOR THE Edinburgh lifeboat appeal has been forthcoming from every sector of the communities of both Edinburgh and Fraserburgh: commerce, industry, the professions, charitable trusts, worthy bodies,...
Category: Inaugurations
Around the Emerald Isle
Building into the MillenniumRNLI shoreworks manager Howard Richings continues his tour around the coast with a visit to IrelandOkay, so we all make mistakes - there are 38 stations around the coast of Ireland, not 37 as stated at the end of...
Category: Articles