LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Portrait on the Cover
THE portrait on the cover is of Coxswain William Reuben Parr, of Blackpool, who was appointed coxswain in April, 1935. He is the third Parr in suc- cession to serve as coxswain. A Pan- has been in command of the Black- pool life-boat for...
Category: Articles
Ireland: Community news
Arklow
LAP OF THE MAP
2018 marks Mary Hickey’s 50th year in athletics and she continues to go from strength to strength. On New Year’s Day she set off from Arklow, Co Wicklow, heading north on the...
Category: Articles
The Shipwreck
THE crash of timbers and the rasp of rock, ; The mocking tongue of Death in frenzy wags The stricken ship—mere plaything of the Beneath its ghostly, ghastly, fleshless lip.
gale- Lies helpless, while the cruel...
Category: Poetry
Some of the Guests at the Naming of Ethel Anne Measures
Some of the guests at the naming of Ethel Anne Measures. photograph by courtesy of Jeff Morris. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
A Gallant Search at Dunmore East
AT 11.45 P.M. on the 14th January, 1938, the civic guard at Tramore, Co.
Waterford, reported that lights had been seen at sea, possibly from a ship in distress. The crew of the motor life-boat C. and S. was assembled, but a...
Category: Services
The Owers Lightvessel.
At 11.30 a.m. on 2/th August, 1967, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that there was an injured man on board the Owers lightvessel. The lifeboat Canadian Pacific was launched at 11.44 m a smooth sea. The tide was flooding. The...
The prototype fast afloat boat (right) may have superficial similarities with the Arun class, but she was the result of a 'clean-sheet' design approach.
The prototype fast afloat boat (right) may have superficial similarities with the Arun class, but she was the result of a 'clean-sheet' design approach.
Apart from being much latger at 17m overall and with roughly... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Hannah
LOWEBTOEF,— The coxswain of the Samuel PlimwU Life-boat was called at 6 A.sr. on the llth October as a schooner was observed driving over Corton Sands, the sea breaking over her. The crew were at once summoned, and the Life-boat proceeded to...
The New French Life-Boat Commandant Gaudin. She Has a Top Speed of 14 Knots.
The new French life-boat Commandant Gaudin. She has a top speed of 14 knots.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Ethel Ada
Newhaven, Sussex. At 5.30 on the evening of the 6th of June, 1960, the coastguard informed the honorary sec-retary that a sailing barge was drifting close inshore in Seaford Bay. The life- boat Kathleen Mary was launched at 5.37 in a fresh...