LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Aurora
BALLANTRAE.—On 23rd January, about 8 o'clock at night, when blowing very hard from the S.W., the brig Aurora, of Ardrossan, bound from Belfast to that port, was observed drifting in on the shore in a disabled condition and exhibiting...
Two Fishing Cobles
Two fishing-cobles, with three men in each, were observed making for this harbour at 2.30 P.M. on the 15th April.
A strong E. gale had suddenly sprung up, causing a heavy sea on the bar, and the boats were in great danger...
Trosvik
The barque Trosvik, of Brevik, was observed making for the harbour at 9.30 A.M. on 27th November. The seas were break- ing heavily on the bar, and for some distance up the river. The vessel was in a water-logged condition and when near the...
Colonel Moir
In answer to signals of distress, and a message from the Lighthouse, the. Life-boat Helen Smitten was launched shortly after 6 P.M. on the 26th March. The Ketch Colonel Moir, in a dismasted state, was found drifting helplessly about three...
General Sir Reginald Wingate
BY the death of General Sir (Francis) Reginald Wingate, Bt., G.C.B., G.C.V.O., G.B.E., K.C.M.G., D.S.O., on the 28th of January, 1952, at the age of 91, the Committee of Manage- ment lost one of their most distin- guished members. He became...
Category: Obituaries
Don Moore and Bill James from Pontypridd Branch
Don Moore and Bill James from Pontypridd branch (pictured left in RNLI jackets) went on a 'sponsored spirit sprint' to Jamesons whisky distillery in the Irish Republic - raising over £1,000 for the... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Elizabeth, of Carlisle
On the 26th October, at 9.30 A.M., the Life-boat William Tomlinson was launched to the assistance of the schooner Elizabeth, of Carlisle, which had driven ashore near Seascale, a heavy sea breaking on the beach and it blowing hard at S.S.W....
Gertruda
Weymouth, Dorset.—At 3.55 P.M. on the 25th February the Wyke Regis coastguard reported that a vessel two miles S.S.W. of Lulworth look-out was burning red flares. She was the motor vessel Gertruda, of London, and her engine had broken down....
A Sailing Dinghy
Bembridge, Isle of Wight.—At 3.31 on the afternoon of the 18th of July, 1953, the Foreland coastguard rang up to say that a sailing dinghy had capsized a quarter of a mile from the coast- guard station, and that two boys were clinging to it....
A Motor Boat
Salcombe, Devon.—At 6.14 on the evening of the 13th of October, 1953.
the Hope Cove coastguard rang up to say that a small boat was burning- flares half a mile west of Prawle. At 6.25 the life-boat Samuel and Marie...