LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Centenary of the Institution, 1924. Appeal to Honorary Secretaries
Tim Secretary of the Institution pro- poses, if possible, to compile its history for publication in 1924, and he will be most grateful to all Honorary Secre- taries, especially of Station Branches, for every assistance which they may be good...
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The S.S. Baron Elcho
Campbeltown, Argyllshire. — During the morning of the 28th of June, 1952, a radio telegram was received from the S.S. Baron Elcho, of Ardrossan, that she was making for Campbeltown to land a very badly injured seaman.
She...
Here and There
Committee of Management Commandant Vonla McBride, former director of the WRNS, Christopher Lucy, a stockbroker, and John James, a chartered surveyor, have joined the Committee of Management of the RNLI.
Commandant McBride...
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The American Steamer Georgetown Victory, of Baltimore (2)
MAY 1ST. - NEWCASTLE, CLOUGHEY, AND DONAGHADEE, CO. DOWN. In the darkness of the early morning the American steamer Georgetown Victory, of Baltimore, ran ashore at Killard Point, Co. Down, while bound from Australia to Glasgow, with about...
The S.S. Haller
At 9 A.M. on the 1st October Coxswain John Haylett was informed that a steamer was ashore on the north part of the Scroby Sands.
The No. 2 Life-boat Nancy Lucy was launched with the least possible delay and proceeded to the...
Boy Leslie
RED FOR DANGER Lowestoft, Suffolk. At 5.32 p.m. on 9th May, 1964, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that the cabin cruiser Boy Leslie was burning red flares on the outer edge of the Newcombe sand. The cabin cruiser's engine had...
Shoreboat Services. For Which Rewards Were Given at the February, March and April Meetings of the Committee of Management
For which Rewards were given at the February, March and April Meetings of the Committee of Management.
Dooey, Co. Donegal.—The institution awarded its thanks inscribed on vellum and £2 to each of two men, Mr. John...
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The Constance
On the 23rd December a small open boat, the Con- stance, of Eyemouth, was returning home in a very heavy sea, and as it was realized that the men on board wouJd be in serious danger if any attempt was made to go into harbour, the Life-boa...
The S.S. Mary Kingsley
The motor life- boat H. F. Bailey was launched at 2.5 P.M. on the 1st March, as news had been received from the coastguard that a vessel was aground on Haisborough Sands. A moderate S.E. breeze was blowing, with a moderate sea. The life-boat...
Life-Boat Perils In Mount's Bay
THE magnificence and terror of a gale on the rock-bound coasts of Cornwall can scarcely be exaggerated. The long impe- tuous swell of the great Atlantic, flinging itself on the rugged granite cliffs which guard the shores, is by its own...
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