LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Sir William Hillary, Bt
Lieutenant Turcopolier of the Venerable Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem.
AMONG his distinctions, Sir William Hillary was Lieutenant Turcopolier of the Order of the Knights of St. John of Jerusalem, and we...
Category: Articles
The Coningbeg Lightvessel
Kilmore, Co. Wexford. At 8.45 on the morning of the 7th of January, 1958, the Irish Lights office at Dublin asked if the life-boat would launch to land the master of the Coningbeg lightvessel to enable him to attend the funeral of his...
The Three-Masted Motor Schooner Agnes Craig
Rosslare Harbour, Co. Wexford.— During the morning of the llth June, 1938, the three-masted motor schooner Agnes Craig, of Dublin, ran aground on the N.W. side of Blackwater Bank, about fourteen miles from Rosslare Harbour.
The Sailing Boat Corsair
Shoreham Harbour, Sussex.—At 4.44 on the afternoon of the 21st of July, 1957, the coastguard telephoned to say a small sailing boat appeared to be in need of help two miles south-east of Shoreham harbour. Her crew of four were waving an oar...
Here and There
A YACHT RACE which never finished because there was not enough wind has brought five krugerrands, with a value of over £1,000, for the RNLI. Peter de Savary, chairman of the British syndicate entering the yacht Victory in the 1983...
Category: Articles
The Corton Lightvessel
SICK MAN ON A LIGHT-VESSEL Great Yarmouth and Gorleston, Norfolk.
—At 11.47 in the morning of January 6th, 1947, a message was received through the coastguard from the Trinity House superintendent, that a keeper aboard the...
Her Royal Highness the Princess Anne
Her Royal Highness The Princess Anne speaks to members of Southend-on-Sea's Atlantic 21 crew (from left to right, John Foster, David Goodbourn and Paul Henshaw), watched by station honorary secretary Colin Sedgewick (extreme right).... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Life-Boatmen on the Air. Coxswain's Talks and An Empire Broadcast
AFTEK their busiest winter on the seas for twenty years, life-boatmen have been very busy during the past year on the air. There have been nine broadcasts in which English, Scottish, Irish and Welsh coxswains have taken...
Category: Articles
Sir George Shee: An Appreciation
THE Royal National Life-boat Institu- tion has had only four secretaries during the 107 years of its existence. The first was Thomas Edwards, who served from 1824 to 1850. Richafd Lewis (1850 to 1883) and Charles Dibdin (1883 to 1910) were...
Category: Articles
The S.S. Strombus
OCTOBER 26TH. - THE MUMBLES, GLAMORGANSHIRE. The S.S. Strombus, of Tonsberg, Norway, had struck a mine, but she was beached by tugs. - Rewards, £15 6s.