LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Boat
Anglers all at sea Three anglers in an ill-equipped 12ft open boat had a lucky escape at Penarth on 28 February 1989 when their anchor started dragging in a Force 7 wind and 8ft to 13ft seas and their outboard engine failed to...
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The History of the Rhyl Lifeboats by Jeff Morris published by the author at £2.50 This is the second edition of Jeff Morris's account of the lifeboats and services in this wellknown North Wales resort.
As usual the...
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Additional Stations and New Life-Boats
MILFORD HAVEN.—It being thought desirable to place a life-boat at Milford, the Institution 'decided to form a station there. A substantial house was accord- ingly constructed at Angle Point, a position which enables the life-boat to...
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The Wreck of the S.S. "Rohilla."
THE services rendered in connexion with the wreck of the hospital ship Rohilla have added another splendid page to the annals of heroism and humanity which make up the story of the Life-boat during the ninety years since the foundation of...
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Runswick Bay Yacht Club Safety Boat
Search in surf A REPORT that Runswick Bay Yacht Club safety boat had capsized on the east side of the bay came to Staithes and Runswick lifeboat station from HM Coastguard at 1444 on Sunday June 21.
Although it was a fine...
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Their Busiest Day.
The busiest day for the life-boats since war began was a day in December, 1940. On that day there were nineteen launches. Seventy-one lives were rescued. Nine medals were won for gallantry, and the Institution made rewards amounting to £...
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Brigadier-General W. S. Swabey, C.B., C.M.G., C.B.E.
BRIGADIER-GENERAL W. S. SWABEY, C.B., C.M.G., C.B.E., who died in September at the age of 68, had a distinguished career in the Royal Army Service Corps. During the war of 1914 to 1918 he was Deputy Director of Supplies in France, and...
Category: Obituaries