LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Invasion Barge L.C. 1237
DECEMBER 16TH. - MARGATE, KENT.
At 1.15 in the afternoon a number of small invasion barges put into Margate Harbour.
A fresh easterly wind was blowing with a choppy sea. The officer-in-charge reported that...
The Tender of the Commissioners of Irish Lights Wanderer
Howth, Co. Dublin.—At 2.15 on the afternoon of the 9th of June. 1957, a message was received that the relief boat for Rockabill lighthouse had been damaged when she had struck a rock on St. Patrick's Island. Two small outboard motor...
The Sailing Barge Brian Boru
Southend-on-Sea, Essex.—At 7.15 on the night of the 12th of February, 1950, Lloyd's signal station reported that the riding light of a barge to the east of the pier was on fire. As this was a signal of distress, the life-boat Greater...
Leading the way
Lifesavers from around the world visited RNLI College in August for 2 weeks of intensive tuition on how to run an effective coastal rescue service.
Representatives from Bangladesh, Cameroon, India, Mauritius, Philippines,...
Category: Articles
Cdr Ralph Swann CBE
It is with deep regret that the Institution reports the death on 23 April 1992 of Cdr Ralph Swann CBE, a life vice president and former Chairman of the RNLI, at the age of 87.
Cdr Swann first joined the Institution's...
Category: Obituaries
A Barque
On the morning of the 30th March was reported that a barque was ashore on Cymeran Beach, with all hands in the fore rigging, the vessel having sunk, and her mainmast having been carried away during a heavy S.S.W.
gale. The...
The Cornish Fisheries
Ix a former number of this Journal we have recorded that 36,000 fishing-boats, employ- ing 150,000 men and boys, are annually engaged in the fisheries of the United King- dom. In the April number will be found some statistics of the Herring...
Category: Articles
The Bermudan Sloop Calcutta Princess
Snatched from rocks A MAYDAY CALL received from the 17' bermudan sloop Calcutta Princess was reported by Trevose Head Coastguard to the honorary secretary of Padstow lifeboat station at 1709 on Sunday July 17, 1977. The yacht, a quarter...
Notes of the Quarter
THE sad story of the acting Selsey coxswain, Douglas Arnell, who was obliged to relinquish his post because of colour blindness, was widely reported in the press earlier this year. It may therefore be helpful to explain the RNLI's...
Category: Articles