LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Try Again
On the 13th April the coble Try Again, returning from fishing in a strong breeze from S.E. and a rough sea, was in very great danger, and the Life-boat put off to assist her. She was the last boat of the fleet to return, and after the...
Making a Museum Support the Living
MY HUSBAND AND I took over as joint secretaries of the Barmouth R.N.L.I, branch and guild in 1967. Our hard-working predecessors had received wonderful support in their fund-raising efforts from both residents and visitors. With rapidly...
Category: Articles
When 40 Children from Weston Park Junior Mixed School
When 40 Children from Weston Park Junior Mixed School, Lawrence Weston, Bristol, visited Tenby lifeboat station they left behind a tee shirt, and Jack Thomas, the branch chairman, duly paid this unusual £83.43 cheque into the bank. The... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Maude
During a strong gale on the 6th August, the yacht Maude, of Glasgow, was observed flying a signal of distress while at anchor, and the Lite-boat Christopher Brown at once pro- ceeded to her. Having anchored to O windward, the Life-boat was...
Additional Stations and New Life-Boats
WORTHING.—The Life-boat at this j station has recently been replaced by a new and rather larger self-righting boat of the latest type, 35 feet long, 8i feet : wide, and rowing 10 oars double banked ; she has one drop keel and two water...
Category: Articles
A Lighter
7th December. A lighter had broken adrift, but was picked up by her tug.— Rewards, £18 7s..
A Steamer
23rd January.
A steamer had stranded, but floated off without any help.—Rewards, £28 8s..
A Yacht
Clacton-on-Sea, Essex. — 29th April, 1938. A yacht had run aground, but refloated and did not need help.— Rewards, £11 6s..
Summary of the Meetings of the Committee
THURSDAY, 6th January, 1870: THOMAS CHAP- MAN, Esq., F.R.S., V.P., in the Chair.
Read and approved the Minutes of the previous Meeting, and those of the Finance and Corre- spondence, and Wreck and Reward Sub-Com-...
Category: Committee
A Lighter
25th October. A wreck had been reported, but it was found later to be a lighter, with no one on board, which had foundered while being towed.—Re- wards, £26 15*. 6d..