LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Awards for Two Mechanics
MR. HENRY PEGG, motor mechanic of the Dover (Kent) life-boat, and Mr. Wilfred Cook, travelling mechanic of the Institution, were awarded testimonials on parchment by the Royal Humane Society for rescuing a man who had fallen into the sea at...
Category: Awards
Sheila
At 10.25 A.M. on 4th December the Coast- guard informed the Life-boat Authori- ties by telephone that a boat was flying signals of distress four miles E.N.E. of Seaton Sluice Coastguard Station, and the Motor Life-boat Joseph Adlam promptly...
The Salcombe Lifeboat,
The Salcombe lifeboat, pictured here during an actual service, works closely with Ihe Island Cruising Club at Salcombe. setting up exercises which help both the crew and its members.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
1923
1923 The First Cabin Life-Boat A 43-Feet Watson Boat With A Canvas Canopy and An 80 HP Petrol Engine Stationed at Tenby Cost £9000. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Fiona
The sailing yacht Fiona, of Glasgow, when | out cruising near Coquet Island on the llth May, missed stays and stranded on the ' Coquet Steel.' A strong W. gale was blowing and the Life-boat Mary Andrew was launched to assist her. The...
The Duke of Atholl the Rnli's Chairman
The Duke of Atholl, the RNLI's chairman, meets members of the Lake District branch aboard a steam-boat at Windermere Steam-Boat Museum. The branch held a two-week fund-raising drive to coincide with Windermere Festival. Shepherds, a firm... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The S.S. Cambank
At 11.30 A.M.
on the 20th February, during calm smooth weather, Coxswain Jones of the Life-boat James Cullen received a telephone message from the Coastguard asking him to launch the Life-boat as quickly as possible as...
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Moelfre, Anglesey.—23rd June. A boating accident had been reported in Cemaes Bay, but it was found that what had appeared to be a capsized boat was a shoal of porpoises.— Rewards, £10 5s..
Razani
Galway Bay.-On 25th October, 1967, the coxswain and crew boarded the life-boat Mabel Marion Thompson, under very severe weather conditions, to go to the help of the motor vessel Razani for which special awards were granted. A full account of...
The Sailing Ship Hamburg, of Hamburg
ON the afternoon of 29th October, a steamer arriving at Kingstown, on the south side of Dublin Bay, reported that a ship had gone ashore. A southerly gale was blowing, with a very heavy sea.
The Motor Life-boat was launched...