LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Chota
A CAPSIZED YACHT Plymouth, Devon.—At 5.12 in the afternoon of the 24th of May, 1947, the Yealm coastguard reported that a yacht had capsized a quarter of a mile north-east of Mewstone at the mouth of Yealm River, and the motor life-boat...
Mystical Rose
Rosslare Harbour, Co. Wexford. At 2.15 on the afternoon of the 20th of March, 1958, the fishing boat Mystical Rose of Wexford, which was on charter to the Wexford harbour commissioners for duties as a pilot boat, had not returned to...
Mrs Patsy Milligan,
Mrs Patsy Milligan, a staunch member of Portpatrick branch. Mrs Milligan was treasurer of the branch from 1973 although her connections with the RNLI began at her birth as her father and brother were members of the lifeboat crew. She also...
Category: Obituaries
Six Medals for Gallantry
Six Medals for Gallantry WEST KIRBY, CHESHIRE On the 6th February, 1943, two men in a small boat were rescued.
MR. BENJAMIN S. ARMITAGE was awarded the bronze medal.
MR. HERBERT JONES, coxswain of the...
Category: Medals
Coming In With Two Boats In Tow
The Great Yarmouth and Gorleston life-boat on November 20th, 1938. - View image in PDF
(See page 32.). - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Civil Service Life-Boat Fund
AT the annual meeting of the Committee, held on the 10th Jan., at the General Post Office, the Honorary Secretary, Mr. CHARLES DIBDIN, F.R.G.S., reported that the Fund had experi- enced more than usual prosperity during the past year,...
Category: Meetings
Lifeboat Services from Page 117
had become disabled when her propeller had fallen off. She had been blown close to some rocks and the lifeboat towed her clear. The two men were then taken aboard the lifeboat and the power boat towed to Girvan. Harbour was reached at 2245...
Category: Services
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BOYS RESCUED Exmouth, South Devon. At 9.30 a.m.
on 2ist March, 1965, the police at Dawlish informed the honorary secretary that three boys had been cut off by the tide at the Parson & Clark rocks near...
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BOYS HAULED UP CLIFF BY COASTGUARD St. David's, Pembrokeshire. At 4.30 on the afternoon of the 18th March, 1962, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that three boys had been cut off by the tide at Pen Cwm Bach. Further...
Determination
Skegness, Lincolnshire - At 3.50 p.m. on 16th April, 1969, the coxswain/mechanic of the life-boat reported that a catamaran which hehad been watching throughout the day had broken adrift. The life-boat Charles Fred Grantham was launched at 4...