LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Services of the Life-Boats of the Royal National Life-Boat Institution
ROSSLARE HARBOUR, co. WEXFORD.— During a moderate E.S.E. gale on the 1st January signals of distress were observed at 9.30 A.M. on a schooner lying at anchor in Rosslare Bay. The crew of the Life-boat Tom and Jennie were assembled, and in a...
Category: Services
Green Drake
Eastbourne, Sussex.—At 3.10 on the afternoon of the 9th of September, 1957, the coxswain of the life-boat saw a dismasted yacht capsize about half a mile off shore. The life-boat Beryl Tollemache was launched at 3.15 in a rough sea. There...
Mr Gordon Davies With His Model
Mr Gordon Davies With His Model. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Mirrie
On the 31st December the Life- boat Elizabeth Moore Garden was launched, and proceeded to the assistance of the smack Mirre, stranded on the rocks under Summerlies Point. A heavy ground sea had set in after the Mirre grounded, which made the...
The Fundraisers
In Brief TO MARK his 50th birthday, Vincent Magrath of Tarn worth asked that instead of presents his fellow Rotarians and friends give their money to the RNLI. Chairman of Tamworth ladies' guild, Marion Appleby- Matthews, was invited to...
Category: Articles
A Raft
Rhyl, Flintshire. At 6.37 on the evening of the 22nd of June, 1960, the coastguard passed on to the honorarysecretary a report from the Rhyl police that a child was adrift on a rubber raft, which was floating out to sea off the Golden Sands...
Some Ways of Raising Money
Redcar branch ladies guild's income for 1976 exceeded £4,000, all raised the hard way. None of the members has a car, so that large suitcases have to be heaved on and off buses in support of their various fund-raising efforts. In...
Category: Donations
World Concord (2)
On the 27th of November, 1954, the Liberian tanker World Concord broke in two in the Irish sea. The St.
David's, Pembrokeshire, life-boat rescued thirty-five men from her fore- part, and the Rosslare Harbour,...
Longest Winter Service
THE Sugar Manufacturers' Association (of Jamaica), Ltd., has once again awarded a case of rum to the life-boat crew which carried out the longest service during the winter months of 1955-56. The award has gone to the crew of the Arklow...
Category: Awards
Services of the Life-Boats of the Royal National Life-Boat Institution
RAMSGATE.—On the 2nd January, 1894,was blowing S. by E., and there was a good deal of swell on the sea. The Life- boat Ellen and Eliza, was promptly launched and on reaching the spot found that the barque Agerden haying lost her reckoning in...
Category: Services