LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Minister for the Marine Visits Galway Lifeboat Station
Within three days of his appointment as Minister for The Marine and Natural Resources, Frank Fahey TD (Teachta Dala - Member of the Irish Dail or parliament) paid a courtesy call to Galway lifeboat station to visit the boathouse and view the... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Greek Brig Marietta
At 4 a.m., on the 19th October, the Greek brig Mari- etta, from Lisbon, for Cardiff, in ballast, ran ashore on some rocks in Tramore Bay.
One of the crew, at great peril to himself, plunged into the surf with a line, and...
Heavy Weather Training In the USA By Lt Alan Tate Staff Officer Operations (Training)
AT THE MOUTH of the Columbia River on the state border between Oregon and Washington lies Cape Disappointment.
Here, where the great Pacific rollers meet the outrushing river as it disgorges its contents into the ocean, is...
Category: Articles
Notes of the Quarter
IN making his report on the past year's work of the life-boat service at the Institution's annual general meeting on the 30th of March, a meeting which is reported in full on page 436, Earl Howe, the Chairman of the Committee of...
Category: Articles
The Improvisatore. Songs of Society. "Man the Life-Boat!"
During the storms of the past ye «r the NATIONAL LIFE BOAT INSTITUTION contributed to the saving of 1121 live: from various shipwrecks—Hatty Paper.
O ALL ye who sit in comfort By the brightly-blazing fire, Do you ever...
Category: Poetry
The Life-Boat
(See Diagrams on next page.) The following drawings show the general outline and principal fittings of a 34 feet by 7 feet self-righting boat. Figure 1 gives the profile or broadside view, the shaded part showing that devoted to the...
Category: Articles
Birds Eye
Backbone of the FishingTrade.
This was one that didn't get away. One of a thousand million.
A thousand million of the reasons why every day and night men put out to sea in all weathers to earn their...
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The American Yacht Bolero
AMERICAN YACHT AGROUND AND HOLED Selsey, Sussex. At 12.45 a.m. on Saturday the 3rd of August, 1963, the Selsey coastguard told the honorary secretary that the American yacht Bolero was aground on a wreck in Bracklesham Bay. At 1.15 the...
Pride of the Ocean
ST. ANDREW'S.—The fishing boat Pride of the Ocean, belonging to St. Andrew's, and returning from fishing at Shetland, was seen making for the harbour, at about 5 A.M., on the 9th April, during a strong N.E. wind, and a very rough sea...
The Scottish Experience
the whole of Scotland from the bottomof FrincesStwe t.
A multi media show portraying the rich tapestry of Scottish life.
A 40ft model Scotland with video and dramatic lighting effects. A shop full of...
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