LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Obituary: Padraic Dillane
Padraic Dillane With deep regret we report that Coxswain Padraic Dillane of the Aran Islands lifeboat died recently following a short illness.
A greatly respected and much loved member of the local community, Padraic first...
Category: Obituaries
The Life-Boat Regulations
THE following Regulations are intended for the guidance of the Local Committee to be formed at each place at which a life-boat is stationed by the NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT Is- srmrnoN, and to whose care and control the life-boat, her crew, and...
Category: Articles
Arun
Length 16-16.55m (52ft-54ft 4in) D Q o m 17ft 9in (5.43m) Displacement 25.25-32.25 tons Speed 18 knots Range 230 n. miles Crew 6 Construction Glass Reinforced Plastic (GRP), wood or steel. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Swanage Centenary
'When we're needed—we're needed! And when we're needed, we'll be there!' THESE WORDS of a Swanage coxswain, logged in the station history, are a promise this little Dorset town has been proud to fulfil. Opening the...
Category: Articles
Prince Ivanhoe
Prince Ivanhoe THE PLEASURE STEAMER Prince Ivanhoe with a crew of 18 and 450 passengers was on a cruise from Minehead to the Welsh Coast on Monday August 3, 1981, when, at 1536. she struck anunderwater obstruction off Port...
Feature: the Tamar Unleashed
It was the day when two of the RNLI's most significant projects crossed paths: the Institution's latest lifeboat was on trial at a unique new facility. Previously, the launching of a Tamar lifeboat on a slipway had only been...
Category: Articles
Services of the Life-Boats In January, February and March, 1956. 66 Lives Rescued
JANUARY DURING January life-boats were launched on service 34 times and rescued 31 lives.
ANGLERS IN DISTRESS IN PLYMOUTH SOUND Plymouth, Devon.—At 12.8 early on the morning of the 2nd of January, 1956, the Yealm...
Category: Services
Your Letters
Any information? I am researching the disaster which overtook HM Submarine Thetis in Liverpool Bay on 1 June 1939. At the time, it was the world's worst submarine loss in which 99 men perished.
If any readers have...
Category: Correspondence
Mechanic's medal
‘ He risked his life to get us out’
When two young people found themselves trapped in a cave facing a surging, rising tide, would anyone be able to find them – and get them to safety?
The afternoon of 5...
Category: Articles
The Wreck Register and Chart for the Year Ended the 30th June, 1894
THE pressure of work thrown on the Board of Trade last year was so great that the Department was unable to issue until the close of the year their very valuable "Abstracts of the Shipping Casualties which occurred on or near the Coasts...
Category: Articles