LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Football Clubs By Foot
Football clubs by foot John Pope, committee member of the Rushden branch, completed a sponsored walk in August, raising £411 for lifeboat coffers.
He walked 26 miles from Peterborough United football club to Rushden... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Peterhead Lifeboat Crew on Service
Peterhead lifeboat crew on service Back Row: Jim Reid. Head Launcher; James Geary. Emergency Mechanic: Jimmy Anderson, 2nd Coxswain: Andy Brown. Coxswain: Bob Lee.
Mechanic/Radio Operator and Billy Proctor, Emergency... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Wicklow Visit
Frank Fahey TD. the new Irish Minister fof Marine and Natural Resources, made a special visit to Wicklow lifeboat station m March this year Minister Fahey was in Wicklow to board the new Irish Lights vessel Granuaile which later brought him... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Caught in a loch
10 November 2012: When a fundraising swimmer’s support boat broke down on Loch Ness and began to drift onto the rocky shores, the skipper wasted no time in calling for help. The volunteer crew from Loch Ness were...
Category: Articles
Stranded on rocks
10 April: Ilfracombe, Devon A teenage girl stranded on rocks and cut off by a rising sea was rescued by Ilfracombe lifeboat. The 13-year-old became stuck near Lee Bay while walking with friends. Ilfracombe’s...
Category: Articles
Rob Roy of Sunderland
On the night of the 12th January the steam-tug Hob Boy, of Sunderlaud, ran ashore on Whitburn rocks. On the alarm being given, the Whitburn life-boat was promptly launched through a high surf, and succeeded in rescuing her crew of 4 men and...
Awards to Coxswains and Life-Boatmen
Coxswain's Certificate of Service.
The COXSWAIN'S CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE, and a PENSION, have been awarded to the following, on their retire- ment : JOHN WATSON, 17} years coxswain of the Cromarty...
Category: Awards
Vigilant, of Hayle
On the same day the schooner Vigilant, of Hayle, was seen in distress during bad weather, and in a heavy sea, on the western spit of Hayle Bar. The Oxford University life-boat Isis stationed at that port was launched, and succeeded in...
Border Chieftain, of Hartlepool
— On the 19th March, as the brig Border Chieftain, of Hartlepool, was coming into the Tyne under charge of a pilot, a sea struck her steering wheel, injuring the man at the helm, and she was driven on the Stones south of the North Pier,...
Ann and Elizabeth
NEWQUAY, CARDIGANSHIRE.—On the morning of the 7th November, while a whole gale was blowing from the N,, the dandy Ann and Elizabeth, of Cardigan, homeward bound in ballast, was seen drifting towards the beach. Efforts were made to save the...