LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Oscar
BUDDON NESS, N.B.—At about 11 A.M.
on the 22nd February signal guns were fired from the Lightship, indicating that a vessel was ashore on the South Bank, or in imminent danger. The May Lifeboat proceeded to the spot as soon...
Myrtle
During a blinding snowstorm with the wind blow- ing a strong northerly gale, the ketch Myrtle, of Yarmouth carrying a crew of three hands was driven ashore near West Hartlepool Harbour, on the 20th February. The ketch was on a voyage from St...
October
Launches 45 Lives rescued 66 OCTOBER 4TH. - HARTLEPOOL, DURHAM.
On the night of the 3rd of October, HMS. Cam, with a crew of twenty-two, was being towed to West Hartlepool for repairs, by the American deep sea tug W.S.A.2....
Category: Services
Dryburgh
Humber, Yorkshire - At 9.30 a.m.
on 5th May, 1966, the coastguard informed the superintendent coxswain that there was a seriously sick seaman on board the m.v. Dryburgh who required medical attention. There was a light...
Naming Ceremony at Gourdon
THE naming ceremony of the motor life-boat for Gourdon, Kin- cardineshire, took place on 23rd May.
The life-boat is a Scottish gift, for it has been built out of a legacy from the late Mrs. Margaret H. Dawson, of Bridge of...
Category: Inaugurations
Porthcawl to Fishguard
It would have been easy to prolong our stay at St Donat's Castle and learn more of the work of the world famous United World College of the Atlantic and its multinational student population, but time and the seasons are moving on and, if...
Category: Articles
Your vote counted!
Crew members at eight lifeboat stations are getting new lifesaving kit thanks to RNLI supporters who took part in the Vote that Counts. Organised by the People’s Postcode Lottery charity, the competition gave supporters a chance to cast...
Category: Articles
Surfboards
Split-second timing When the St Davids D class lifeboat launched in the afternoon of 21 March 2002, the crew of two knew the race was on to reach the surfers in trouble at Newgale beach. With 9 miles to travel, the crew had to take the...
Treasure and Fair Beagle
Six saved from two separate vessels in hurricane-force conditionsThe rescue of four fishermen and two yachtsmen, in separate incidents and in hurricane force winds, has earned Second Coxswain Rodney Burge of Amble lifeboat station the Thanks...
Matthew Lethbridge Jnr Bem: Coxswain of St.Mary's Lifeboat By Joan Davies
THE ONLY LIFEBOATMAN AT PRESENT SERVING TO HAVE BEEN AWARDED THREE SILVER MEDALS FOR GALLANTRY by Joan Davies 'Grandfather . . . he was coxswain before Dad; and my Uncle Jim and Dad were both in the lifeboat with...
Category: Articles