LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

ARBROATH, FORFARSHIRE.—At about 11 P.M. on the 27th May the large fishing-boat Brothers Gem stranded on the rocks about half a mile to the N.E.

of Arbroath Harbour, and cries for help could be heard from the...

Divers in trouble FIVE PEOPLE in an inflatable dinghy in difficulty on the lee side of Dulas Island were reported to the honorary secretary of Moelfre lifeboat station by Holyhead Coastguard at 1408 on Monday August 21, 1978, and at 1417 the...

Seahorse III at Cromer The naming ceremony for the new D class lifeboat was held outside the inshore boathouse despite overcast conditions and the forecast of heavy rain. The chairman introduced John Gamble, representing the sponsors of the...

On the same day, during a very strong N.E. gale, with a heavy sea, the Skegness Life-boat, Her- bert Ingram, rendered valuable service to distressed vessels and their crews. In the first instance a flag of distress was seen from a passing...

AT HASTINGS on May 17 (above) a D class ILB, the cost of which had been given by J. H. Minet and Co., was presented to the station by E. G.

Denman (left), Managing Director of the Marine Division of Minets, and accepted by...

ON 21st November last, H.R.H. the Prince of Wales, K.G., paid a special visit to Scotland, as President of the Institution, to attend a Scottish National Life-boat Assembly in Edinburgh and a Life-boat Ball, on the same day, in...

WITH the exception of Liverpool no Station Branch contributes so much each year to the Institution's revenue as Eastbourne. With a population of over 60,000 inhabitants, and a large number Instituof summer visitors, it has opportunities...

Election of Eight Honorary Life-Governors.

THE following have been elected Honorary Life-Governors of the Institu- tion in recognition of their long and distinguished services, and have been presented with a copy of the...