LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Trawler (1)
Peterhead, Aberdeen.—2nd May. A telephone message was received from a man that he had heard on his wireless receiver a trawler calling Wick Radio to get into touch with the life-boat, as another trawler was ashore north of Buchan Ness. The...
A Pleasure Boat
Torbay, Devon. — 7th August. A fishing party in a pleasure boat had signalled that they were in distress, but a tug went to their help; flares had also been seen off the Orestone Rock, but nothing was found.—Rewards, £9 13s..
Scene 2
As she was coming in the smack struck the breakwater and immediately sank. One of the three men on board can be seen on the bows preparing to swim for the breakwater where he was rescued by lines. The other two took to the rigging..View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
A Fishing Boat
Stornoway, Island of Lewis. •—• 15th January, 1938. A fishing boat was overdue, but the two men on board, the 'life-boat coxswain and his son, unable to get back owing to trouble with their engine, had anchored their boat in a sheltered...
Hatano and Nogi
Galway Bay, Co. Galway.—On the night of the 16-17th August, sixteen men belonging to the trawlers Hatano and Nogi were rescued.—Rewards, Bronze medals, vellums and monetary awards amounting to £40 15s. (For a full account of this...
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Sunderland, Co. Durham, and Tynemouth, Northumberland.—llth August,1938. Signals east of the Tyne had been taken as meaning that there had been a collision, but nothing could be found.— Rewards : Sunderland, £12 18s.; Tynemouth,...
A Gift to the Newhaven Station from Brighton
THE Brighton Round Table, some of whose members -went out on an exercise launch in the Newhaven life-boat in the summer of 1951, has presented a clock to the crew to hang in the boat-house..
Category: Donations
Mayflower (1)
Holyfaead, Anglesey.—On the 26th of October, 1949, the life-boat rescued the crew of seven of the Liverpool steamer Mayflower.—Rewards, bronze medal and £14 10*. (For a fuU account of the service, see page 380)..
From Golf Clubs
IN 1950 fifty-five golf clubs held competitions in aid of the Life-boat Service, as compared with sixty in 1949, and the Institution received from them £275, which was £2 more than in 1949..
Category: Articles
The South Rock Lightvessel
Cloughey, Co. Down.—7th September, 1938. Signals were seen flying from the South Rock Light-vessel, but they were found to be for a tender to bring a sick man ashore. — Rewards, £10 2s. 6d..