LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Coningbeg Lightvessel
Kilmore, Co. Wexford. — The Com- missioners of Irish Lights asked if thelife-boat would take relief men to the Coningbeg Lightvessel as their own boats were unavailable, and at ten o'clock on the morning of the 31st of March, 1952, the...
Mizpah
Montrose, Angus.—About 5.20 in the evening, on the 5th of June, 1950, the Usan coastguard telephoned that the local motor fishing vessel Mizpah was overdue. At 5.35 the life-boat The Good Hope was launched, in charge of the second coxswain,...
Streamlet, Lea Rig, Fisherboy and Crest
Thurso, Caithness-shire. Four seine net fishing boats—Streamlet, Lea Rig, Fisherboy, and Crest—were overtaken by a sudden N.N.W. gale, with a heavy sea, when fishing about eighteen miles west of Thurso on the 9th January, 1939. The motor...
Brigadier-General W. S. Swabey, C.B., C.M.G., C.B.E.
BRIGADIER-GENERAL W. S. SWABEY, C.B., C.M.G., C.B.E., who died in September at the age of 68, had a distinguished career in the Royal Army Service Corps. During the war of 1914 to 1918 he was Deputy Director of Supplies in France, and...
Category: Obituaries
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At 3.30 p.m. on igth March, 1965, the local doctor informed the honorary secretary that a child on Inishere island with appendicitis would have to be taken to hospital on the mainland. The sea was too rough for any local boat to make the...
Another Safety First for the Rnli:
Another safety first for the RNLI: The 52ft Arun which will soon be going on station at Fishguard is the first lifeboat to be fitted with a radar scanner which has been made watertight. During her righting trials at Cowes on May 5, the Arun... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Cover Picture
Launch! The Lizard-Cadgwith lifeboat, The Duke of Cornwall (Civil Service No. 33), a 52' Barnett housed slipway boat built in 1960, was named by HRH The Duke of Edinburgh on July 7, 1961. She has launched on service 56 times and saved 58... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
A Raffle Prize With a Difference: Mv Oahu
A raffle prize with a difference: MV Oahu, or at least the master of this ship, Captain Dennis Smith, decided, as part of his ship's Christmas and New Year celebrations at sea, to raffle his job for the day. The raffle raised £175... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
VWebster
TEDDY BEARS PICNIC When your organisation holds its next fund raising effort at a carnival, fete, donkey derby, boat show or similar activity you can make an additional £200 in a few hours by running a Teddy Bears Picnic. No financial...
Category: Advertisement
A Motor Boat
Swanage, Dorset - At 2.32 p.m. on 3rd September, 1967, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that four skin-divers were in difficulties off Ballard head. The life-boat R.L.P. was launched in a strong south westerly breeze and a...