LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Reliance
NEWPORT (PEMBROKESHIRE).—In reply to signals of distress, the Lifeboat Clevedon was launched at 3 A.M. on the 8th October while the wind was blowing a strong gale from "W. by N. to W.N.W.
It was found that the signal...
Shore Boat Service to French Trawler
A FRAMED letter of thanks, signed by the Chairman of the R.N.L.I., Admiral Sir Wilfrid Woods, G.B.E., K.C.B., D.S.O., has been awarded to Coxswain Walter B. West, Assistant Motor Mechanic Ronald F. Twydle, and Cyril J. Barnicoat, shore...
Category: Services
Brilliant
POOLE.—The barque Brilliant, of Grimstadt, while on a voyage from Cuba to Bremen with a cargo of cedar logs, went aground on the Hook Sands, at the mouth of Poole harbour, in a heavy gale from S.E. by E. and a very high sea on the 12th...
Captain William Roberts
CAPTAIN" WILLIAM ROHEKTS. who died on the 5th of December, 1956, at the age of 76, was formerly second coxswain of the Moclfre life-boat and the winner of the Institution's highest award, the gold medal. This was for a service...
Category: Obituaries
Kittiwake
Eastbourne, Sussex. At 7.10 on the evening of the 13th of July, 1960, the coastguard informed the assistant honorary secretary that a yacht had capsized about three-quarters of a mile from the boathouse. The life-boat Beryl Tollemache was...
S.S. Seminole
APRIL 25TH. - THE MUMBLES, GLAMORGANSHIRE. At 7 P.M. the coastguard reported that a trawler had been mined and torpedoed some four miles from the signal station. The sea was smooth, with a light S.W. wind. The motor life-boat Edward Prince...
Awards to Coxswains Crews and Shore Helpers
Awards to Coxswains, Crews and Shore Helpers The following coxswains, members of lifeboat crews and shore helpers were awarded certificates of service on their retirement and, in addition, those entitled to them by the Institution's...
Category: Awards
Lifeboat lottery
AUTUMN 2010
Ms J Pollard-Ovens of West Glamorgan scooped first prize of £5,000 in the Autumn Lifeboat Lottery and elebrated with a visit to her local lifeboat station at Port Talbot.
The other cash prize...
Category: Articles
Cicely
APRIL 18TH. - PEEL, ISLE OF MAN. At 8.55 P.M. a message was received from the coastguard that flares had been seen four miles off Orrisdale Head. A light southerly breeze was blowing with a calm sea.
The motor life-boat...
Fishing Cobles
NEWBIGGIN.—Seventeen of the fishingcobles which had gone to sea early in the morning of the 14th February were overtaken by a gale from S. to S.W. and a strong sea and, as their return home was attended by considerable risk, the Lifeboat...