LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Morton and Port Eynon - West Division
The delightful setting of Morton and Port Eynon. on the South Wales coast, serves to illustrate one of the benefits of the station's D class lifeboat - the ease with which it can be manoeuvred over that vast expanse of sand visible at... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
August
SOUTHEND, ESSEX.—During a strong gale of wind from the S.W., and a heavy sea, at 11.30 A.M. on the 24th October the brig August, of Griefswold, Prussia, signalled for assistance, having lost her masts and anchors. The Boys of England...
Irvine
IRVINE, N.B.—On the 20th December, at about 2 P.M., the tug Irvine, of Irvine, was proceeding to Ayr to tow a vessel to Irvine Harbour, during a strong S.W. gale and a heavy sea. She grounded on the centre of the bar, and showed signals of...
Coxswain Laker of Shoreham
COXSWAIN FREDERICK LAKER of Shoreham died on the 6th of Novem- ber, 1953, at the age of 73. He was appointed coxswain of the Shoreham Harbour life-boat when the station was re-opened in 1929. He remained coxswain until he retired in 1940.<...
Category: Obituaries
M.B.E. for Fishguard Honorary Secretary
MR. MORRIS LYNDON NICHOLLS, who has been the honorary secretary of the life-boat station at Fishguard since 1916, was made a Member of the Order of the British Empire in the New Year's Honours, in recognition of his life- boat work. In...
Category: Articles
Many Medals and Vellums
For their work - the story of the rescue attempts that night took up over four pages of THE LIFE-BOAT for November, 1927 - a total of 38 medals and vellums were given together with medals from the Italian government of the...
Category: Medals
Relief Fleet- D Class Jill Gatti and Y Boat
Jill Gatti (centre) founder of the bridge Charity Challenge Cup with Christine Duckworth of Better Bridge in Britain (right) and Vanessa Lowe, marketing executive of Sunsail, at the joint handing over and dedication... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
A Fishing Vessel
Power cut In winds of force 10-12, heavy squalls and seas of 8-1 Om, the Portpatrick lifeboat Mary Irene Millar launched to a fishing vessel with electrical failure. It was 12.55am on 8 January. Over two hours later, the lifeboat found the...
A Smack
On the 19th October the Llandwyn life-boat put off to the assistance of a smack which was dragging her anchor off the south coast of the Island of Anglesea, the wind blowing a gale from the eastward at the time. With the aid of the...
Maria, of Milford
On the 9th May the schooner Maria, " of Milford, ran on the bar at the mouth of the Boyne during a heavy gale from E.S.E. The Drogheda life-boat was quickly launched, and after one fruitless attempt succeeded in taking off her crew of 3...