LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Ralph Glister Award
Police Sergeant D. H. Carter and Police Constable A. E. Farley, of Bourne- mouth, have each received £5 under the terms of the Ralph Glister Award in recognition of their service in the Bournemouth IRB on 19th May, 1968, to a burning...
Category: Awards
An Aeroplane (152)
OCTOBER 4TH. - HASTINGS, SUSSEX.
A Spitfire aeroplane had been reported down in the sea and a search was made, during an air raid alarm, but nothing was found. The honorary secretary, Commander W. Highfield, O.B.E., R.N.,...
The Blackwater Lightvessel
Rosslare Harbour, Co. Wexford. — The Commissioners of Irish Lights asked if the life-boat would take relief men to the Blackwater Lightvessel and the Tuskar Rock Lighthouse as the Commissioners' boats were not available. At 12.30 on the...
The S.S. Overton
Donaghadee, Co. Down.—At 6.30 on the morning of the 7th of September, 1955, the Orlock coastguard telephoned that a vessel had run on the rocks a hun- dred yards south of Maidens. At 6.50 the life-boat Sir Samuel Kelly put...
H.R.H. The Duchess of Kent at the Life-Boat Film Premiere
Being presented with dolls dressed as Grace Darling and a life-boatman. - View image in PDF
(See opposite page.). - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The S.S. Baroi
PORTHDINLLAEN.—On the 10th April, at 9.30 P.M., during a heavy gale from E.S.E., the s.s. Baroi, of Newcastle, anchored outside the proper roadstead in Porthdinllaen Bay. The wind afterwards shifted to E.N.E., and a heavier sea sprung up,...
The S.S. Monita
Lytham-St. Anne's, Lancashire.—At 6.35 on the evening of the 6th of March, 1956, the watchman in the navigation barge which is moored off Lytham rang up to say that he had received a message that the S.S. Monita, of Stockholm, at anchor...
During Severe Gales Which Swept the North West on Friday November 11 New Brighton Dodo Tractor Was In Full Action Going Down to Check the Boathouse at 2230
During severe gales which swept the north west on Friday, November 11, New Brighton DODO tractor was in full action.
Going down to check the boathouse at 2230, Crew Member Cliff Downing found the promenade flooded and more... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Sporting Clubs Can Help the R.N.L.I.
THE life-boat service receives each year most valuable support from many sporting clubs. With costs increasing because of technical developments, it is timely to draw attention to the easy way in which clubs not yet helping the service can...
Category: Donations
A Gold-Medal Service at Ballycotton
By Mr. Robert H. Mahony, Honorary Secretary of the Ballycotton Station.
ON Friday, 7th February, 1936, a gale from the south-east sprang up on the south coast of Ireland, with a very heavy sea. The gale increased until,...
Category: Services