LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Adroit
On the 20th July, at 7 P.M., the Life- boat was launched during a very heavy N.W. gale, in response to signals of dis- tress shown from the schooner Adroit, of Aberystwith, at anchor in Forthdinllaen Bay. At the request of the master, his...
Kirkwall Grammar School
Michael Forsyth, a pupil of Kirkwall Grammar School, hands over a cheque for £78.80 to Captain M. S. Work, honorary secretary of Kirkwall lifeboat station, on board the 70ft Clyde class lifeboat, Grace Paterson Ritchie. The money was... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Lochgoil Argyll
No one was left in any doubt over which charity was being supported by this particular raft. The race was held at Lochgoil, Argyll, and at the helm of the raft is Dr J. R. R. Holms, chairman of the recently formed Lochgoil branch. By showing... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Committee Cheque
Committee cheque In September members of the Pembrokeshire 175 Anniversary committee visited Cardigan lifeboat station to admire the new Atlantic 75 lifeboat Tanni Grey and to present a cheque for £7,000, part of the final balance of... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Fraserburgh
FRASERBURGH, ABERDEENSHIRE On the 8th February, 1940, the Fraserburgh life-boat rescued the crew of five of the Baradrangur, of Trangisvaag.
COXSWAIN DAVID HAY was awarded the bronze medal.
CAPTAIN ANDREW...
Category: Medals
Fifty Medals for Gallantry (5)
On the 12th November, 1939, the Whitby life-boat rescued the crew of eighteen of H.M. Minesweeper Cape Comorin.
COXSWAIN JAMES MURFIELD was awarded the silver medal.
LIFE-BOATMAN JOHN R. DRYDEN, acting...
Category: Articles
Seventh national lottery
Seventh national lottery THE SEVENTH RNLI national lottery was one of the most successful yet held, raising £30,000 for the lifeboat service.
It was drawn on Thursday January 31, by Polly James and Elizabeth Estensen...
Category: Articles
Bundoran: TWO GENEROUS DONATIONS
A Tyrone family rescued by Bundoran crew last year have returned to the lifeboat station to deliver the proceeds from a successful fundraising event. Ryan, Fianche, Cahir, Beth and Marc McCallion from Drumquin raised €5,000 through a coffee...
Category: Articles
Sirius (1)
The local motor fishing boat Sirius, with two men aboard, which the life-boat had saved from destruction a few days earlier, got into difficulties again on the 2nd March. She was fishing about two miles north-east of Dunmore when her...
Cover Picture
COVER PICTURE by Edward Mallinson The third Trent class, Blue Peter VII, pictured off the island of Alderney during crew training before going to her station at Fishguard. She is the first all-weather lifeboat to carry the 'Blue... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs