LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Spitfire
JULY 16TH. - ROSSLARE HARBOUR, CO. WEXFORD. During the evening a flatbottomed fishing boat, the Spitfire, of Rosslare Harbour, was bound for Tuskar with a crew of four. A S.W. wind was blowing.
It increased and backed to...
Obituaries
Sir Peter Compston With deep regret we report the recent death of former RNLI Deputy Chairman, Vice Admiral Sir Peter Compston KCB.
Sir Peter had a long and distinguished career in the Royal Navy, including numerous...
Category: Obituaries
Pilot Me and Success
Whitby, Yorkshire.—At about 10 A.M.
on the 18th April, 1938, the motor fishing boats Pilot Me and Success put to sea to haul their crab pots. Theweather was showery, and the sea strong. On the flood tide the sea grew worse...
A vintage legacy
Our lifesavers received a remarkable gift in May – two multi-million-pound Ferraris. Northampton businessman and RNLI supporter Richard Colton left his treasured sports cars to the RNLI in his Will, asking that money from their sale be used...
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Penguin
St. Mary's, Isles of Scilly— On the evening of the 15th August the secretary of the station was out fishing near Crehewethan, with his son and a friend, in the motor boat Penguin. The engine broke'down, and owing to the strong ebb...
Viking and Loch Maree
Minehead, Somerset. — During the evening of the 9th August, 1939, a message was received from the Hurlestone Point coastguard that the motor yacht Viking was on fire six miles north of Porlock Weir and that the motor yacht Loch Maree, of...
A Yacht (7)
Wicklow - At 11.25 P-m- on 25tn August, 1966, the coxswain was told that a man had fallen overboard from a yacht.
The life-boat J. W. Archer left her moorings at 11.50 in a gentle easterly breeze and a choppy sea. It was...
Five Medals for Wales.
Five bronze medals for gallantry have been won in Wales in the past three months.
Dr. Joseph Soar, Mus. Doc., the organist of St. David's Cathedral, who has been the honorary secretary of St. David's life-boat...
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Invergordon (Continued from Page 166)
(continued from page 166) breeding ground of many severe squalls and walls of white squalls were whistling across the firth, bringing'snow and stinging spray in their path.
Outside the firth, in the open sea, the south...
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London Harmony
Penlee, Cornwall. At 1.20 a.m. on 28th September, 1965, the coastguard reported that the tanker London Harmony, due in Mount's Bay about 9 o'clock, wished to land a sick man. There was a gentle north-easterly breeze with a smooth sea...