LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The S.S. Ben Maye
Port St. Mary, Isle of Man. At five o'clock on the afternoon of the 7th of April, 1959, the coxswain told the honorary secretary that a coaster was ashore in Calf Sound. The coxswain had received a telephone message informing him of this...
H.M. Submarine Universal (1)
FEBRUARY 4TH - 6TH. - ST. DAVID’S AND FISHGUARD, PEMBROKESHIRE, AND NEW QUAY, AND ABERYSTWYTH, CARDIGANSHIRE.
H.M. submarine Universal was on her way to the breaker’s yard. Late on the night of the 3rd of February her...
This Painting of Lowestoft Lifeboat Has Been of Triple Benefit to the Local Guild and Station; First It Was Presented to Mrs Irene Craig (I) Chairman of the Ladies' Guild By Its Artist Jason Partner (R) at T
This painting of Lowestoft lifeboat has been of triple benefit to the local guild and station; first it was presented to Mrs Irene Craig (I.), chairman of the ladies' guild by its artist Jason Partner (r.) at the annual ball with retired... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Centenary of Sennen Cove Life-Boat Station
THE centenary of the life-boat station at Sennen Cove, which was estab- lished in 1853, was celebrated by a dinner held at the Land's End Hotel on the 21st of April 1953. A certifi- cate inscribed on vellum was presented by Earl Howe,...
Category: Articles
The Centenary: In the South-East of England
BEDFORDSHIRE.
Hitchin held a Centenary Meeting, which was addressed by Major Sir | Maurice Cameron, K.C.M.G., a member of the Committee of Management.
Bedford held a successful Century Life-boat Day in...
Category: Articles
Raylight, of Greenock
Campbeltown, Argyllshire - At 10.32 p.m. on nth December, 1966, it was noted that a vessel was sounding her siren continuously near the entrance to the Campbeltown loch. The life-boat City of Glasgow II left her moorings at 10.52 in a fresh...
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St Agnes Senior Helmsman Gavin Forehead was expecting a routine exercise when he launched with his crew on 16 October 2005 but when they returned just over an hour later, they had saved two livesGavin, Helmsman Rory Bushe, Crew Member James...
A Boat from H.M.S. Pomerol
APRIL 1 ST. - TORBAY, DEVON. At 11.53 P.M. on 31st March, a message was received from the resident naval officer at Brixham that a boat from H.M.S. Pomerol with men on board was adrift outside the harbour. A fresh S.S.E. gale was blowing,...
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St. David's, Pembrokeshire. At 11.20 p.m. on 7th November, 1965, the assistant honorary secretary received a message from the Smalls lighthouse stating that there was an injured keeper on the lighthouse. After consulting with the...
Lifeboat Services
Irish Division Capsize WEXFORD GARDA informed the honorary secretary of Kilmore Quay lifeboat station at 0115 on Saturday, December 24, 1977, that four red flares had been sighted off Bannow Bay towards the Saltees. At 0130 maroons were...
Category: Services