LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

A leading object of this publication being to draw attention to the deplorable loss of life from shipwreck which periodically takes place on our shores, we propose, in our pre- sent Number, to take a brief general review* of the subject, for...

Wick, Caithness-shire. — During the afternoon of the 25th January, 1939, two local fishing boats were caught at sea by a strong easterly breeze, with a rough sea. They were seen making for harbour and the motor life-boat City of Edinburgh...

She searched as far as Widemouth Bay, but OCT. 24TH. - LONGHOPE, ORKNEYS.

A trawler had been reported ashore on the north-east end of Stroma, but the life-boat could find nothing. Later it was learned that she was ashore in...

GREENORE, Co. LOUTH. — The ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION has formed a Life-boat station at Greenore, Carlingford Lough, in consequence of the urgent representation of several important authorities and local residents, who considered...

GREEK AND DANISH STEAMERS IN COLLISION Dover, and Walmer, Kent.—On the morning of the 28th of June, 1947, the steamer Heron, of Piraeus, was in collision with the Danish steamer Stal, of Copenhagen, and sank fourteen miles east-south...

Barry Dock, Glamorganshire. — At 6.49 A.M. on the 15th January, 1938, the Royal Naval Shore Signal Station at Nell's Point reported an S O S from the Greek steamer George J. Goulandris, of Andros, off Nash Point. She carried a crew of...

AN ADVENTURE AT ABOYNE TO MEET THE CHALLENGE OF The Prince's Trust It's up to you—we will give you the tools, if you will do the job THE PRINCE'S TRUST, established in 1976 at the wish of the Prince of Wales, has thrown down a...

The mob cap mob, alias helpers at Seaton, Beer and District branch's 1983 country fair; it was part of a very successful lifeboat week which raised more than £1,000. The fair, held appropriately in the Mariners Hall, attracted... - View image in PDF