LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Queen of Hearts
KILDONAN, ISLE OF ARRAN.—On the 11th February, at 10.30 A.M., the Life-boat Hope proceeded, in tow of the tug steamer Flying Sprite, to the assistance of a ship reported on shore on the Sliddery Rock, at the south end of the island. It was...
The Lifeboat Service - Past and Present
725 Years Ago The following item was first published in THE LIFEBOAT of January, 1861.
VALUE OF BAROMETRICAL INDICATION.
ON the occasion of the hurricane which swept the island of St. Kilda, in the...
Category: Articles
The Sailing Ship Maria Asumpta (2)
Three lifeboats search for survivors from wrecked sailing ship Lifeboats from three stations were involved in the search for survivors when the 137-year-old sailing ship Maria Asumpta foundered after running ashore on the rocky North...
Every Man to the Boat and Every Woman to the Rope' Used to Be the Cry at Newbiggin and As a Tribute to the Past for the Branch's Harbour Fete In August the Ladies Dr
'Every man to the boat and every woman to the rope' used to be the cry at Newbiggin and, as a tribute to the past, for the branch's harbour fete in August the ladies dressed in traditional fisherwomen's costume. With the help... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The 35' Sloop Snowgoose
Single-handed sloop A RED FLARE was observed about three miles west of Needles Coastguard lookout at 1240 on Tuesday, October 5,1976.
A helicopter from HMS Daedalus, Leeon- Solent, took off to investigate and at 1300 found...
Life-Saving on the Shannon continued from page 6
An earlier operation involving both launches was in I960 when an Alitalia DC-7C crashed seconds after take-oft" from Shannon Airport with 52 people aboard. It transpired that the aircraft failed to gain altitude after lifting off the...
Category: Articles
List of the Services of the Life-Boats of the Institution During the Year 1876
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Category: Services
The Coningbeg Lightship
APRIL 8TH. - KILMORE, CO. WEXFORD.
At 8.20 P.M. a telephone request was received for the services of the life-boat to take off a sick man from the Coningbeg Lightship. The message had been transmitted to Rosslare by the S.S...
The Belgian Yacht Haura (1)
Lifeboatmen transferred to Belgian yacht in gale and heavy seas A joint service by Southwold's Atlantic 21 class lifeboat Quiver and Lowestoft's Tyne Spirit of Lowestoft has won two lifeboatmen framed letters of thanks from the...
The Life-Boat Service In 1950
THERE were 603 launches of life-boats to the rescue in 1950, only 36 below the record number in 1949—and life-boats rescued 381 lives. Ninety-one lives were rescued by shore-boats, for which the rescuers were rewarded by the Institution,...
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