LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Brighter Hope
Ramsey, Isle of Man;—At 5.17 on the evening of the 22nd of May, 1951, the coastguard telephoned that a ship seemed to be on fire six miles east- north-east of Queens Pier. Later on, he reported that she was a drifter and had been taken in...
Obituaries
With deep regret we record the following deaths: AUGUST 1993 Dermot Walsh, coxswain of Valentia lifeboat from 1969 to 1982. He joined the crew in 1949 and served as second coxswain from 1964 until his appointment as...
Category: Obituaries
Fifty Medals for Gallantry
On the 23rd January, 1939, seven members of the crew of eight of the St. Ives life-boat were lost when the boat capsized while on service to an unknown vessel.
COXSWAIN THOMAS COCKING was posthumously awarded the bronze...
Category: Articles
Women Launchers at Cresswell
Hauling up the pulling and sailing life-boat.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Boathouse at Largs
The boathouse at Largs demonstrates why the RNLt shoreworks department has a deserved reputation for the excellent quality of their buildings. Despite a severe pounding from the ferocious sea, no damage was done, the building did not flood... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Celebrations at Cullercoats
Below (l-r): Dave Milner, conductor; Sandra Oliver, 150 committee chairman; Malcolm Binns. - View image in PDF
composer, and Robin Sutton, 150 committee.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Some Ways
Mrs. B. E. Ragg, of Kenilworth, is 76 years old and during the four days of the Royal Show last year collected nearly £160. Considering that the weather throughout the show was extremely hot, for a 76-year-old collecting for Jive or six...
Category: Donations
150th Anniversaries of Life-Boat Stations
GUERNSEY Colonel A. D. Burnett Brown, Secretary of the Institution, presented a certificate inscribed on vellum to mark the 150th anniversary of the founding of a life-boat station at Guernsey, to Sir Thomas Elmhirst, Lieutenant-Governor and...
Category: Articles
August
AUGUST Launches 41. Lives rescued 92.
AUGUST 1ST. - THE HUMBER, YORKSHIRE. At about 1. 8 A.M. the Royal Naval shore signal station reported that a large steamer had run aground near the Chequer Shoal Buoy. The night was...
Category: Services
Lleyn Peninsula: Abersoch Criccieth Porthdinllaen and Pwllheli By Joan Davies
JUTTING OUT boldly into the Irish Sea, open to winter gales from most points of the compass, the beautiful Lleyn Peninsula of North Wales has its share of hazards to shipping. Over the years many vessels have been wrecked on its shores and...
Category: Articles