LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Sari Maris
MOTOR FISHING VESSEL FOUND IN FOG Rosslare Harbour, Co. Wexford. At 7.15 on the evening of the 9th October, 1962, a customs officer was walking along the pier when he saw a flare being burnt in the direction of Splaugh...
Summary of the Meetings of the Committee of Management
Thursday, 14th November, 1929.
SIR GODFREY BARING, Bt., in the Chair.
Co-opted Vice-Admiral Sir ARTHUR A. M.
DUFF, K.C.B., a member of the Committee of...
Category: Committee
Inlland Rover
Llandudno, with its hillclimbing trams and snowless ski slope, is something of a wonderland. So it may come as no surprise that the lifeboat station is in a rather unusual place and needs a tractor and Land Rover to tow the lifeboats half a...
Category: Articles
Awards to Coxswains and Life-Boatmen
To JOHN BENSLEY, on his retirement, after serving 3 additional years as Coxswain of the Gorleston No. 2 Life-boat when the No. 2 Station was temporarily re-opened, an in- crease of his Pension and a Certificate of Service. Bensley had...
Category: Awards
Bert Spurdin
Bert Spurdin, Chelsea Pensioner and champion collector at Earls Court. For the second year running he brought in over £1,000.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Baden Powell
Several cobles belonging to Filey were overtaken by bad weather when at sea on the 1st May.
The wind suddenly increased to a strong northerly gale and the boats which were to the north of the " Brig " were able to...
M.F.V. Hopeful
Ireland Division Fishing boat sinks ROSSLARE HARBOUR PORT AUTHORITY informed the deputy launching authority at 2220 on Saturday, June 19, that MFV Hopeful with two men on board was taking water and sinking rapidly in a position about two...
Second-Coxswain John Roberts, Llandulas
SECOND-COXSWAIN JOHN ROBERTS, of Llandulas, who died in May, 1939, at the age of 77, was second-coxswain of the Llandulas life-boat for 27 years, from 1891 to 1918. On his retirement he was awarded a pension by the Insti- tution. His...
Category: Obituaries
Santa's Cause
Father Christmas doesn't just give presents to good little boys and girls - he raises cash for needy causes too! In November, Stafford with Rugeley branch transported Santa by speedboat to his grotto at the Wyevale garden centre near... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Below: Head Office In Grosvenor Gardens.
Below: Head Office in Grosvenor Gardens. Tile picture was taken in 1953 during the Queen's Coronation celebrations.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs