LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

DURING June life-boats went out on service 39 times and rescued 27 lives.

HOPE FOR THE FISH HARVEST Longhope, Orkneys.—At 1.57 on the morning of the 1st of June, 1951, the Kirkwall coastguard telephoned that the fishing...

Eleven lifeboats in biggest ever Cardigan Bay searchCrew from nine lifeboat stations were united in a search for a missing power boat at Cardigan Bay. The Coastguard coordinated an extensive search involving 11 lifeboats, a rescue helicopter...

HELP FOR PATIENT At 6.30 p.m. on i8th September, 1964, the local doctor told the honorary secretary that a young girl was suffering from acute appendicitis, and that no other suitable boat was available to take her to the mainland. There was...

Galway Bay. At two o'clock on the night of the 9th September, 1961, the local medical officer asked for the use of the life-boat to bring a sick child from Inishmaan to the mainland at Rossaveel. As no other suitable boat was available,...

ILL MAN At 12.40 p.m. on 27th January, 1966, the local doctor informed the honorary secretary that he had received a message from the wife of the doctor on the Island of Colonsay stating that her husband was very ill, and when told of the...

IT will be remembered that in September, 1890, the Steam Life-boat Duke of Northumberland was stationed at Harwich for the purpose of experiment. There she gained golden opinions from her crew.

Between September, 1890, and...

UNTIL RECENT TIMES the approaches to the Port of Liverpool were quite hazardous. The difficulties stemmed from the fact that seaward of the northern extremity of the Wirral peninsula the estuary suddenly opens out to become very shallow for...

FERRYSIDE, CAEMAHTHEN BAY.—The NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION has recently provided a new Life-boat for this station—the boat, like its predecessor, being named the City of Manchester. It is 32 feet long, 7£ feet wide, and rows 10 oars...