LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

Dunmore East, Co. Waterford.— During the afternoon of the 28th of February, 1948, a fishing boat was re- ported flying distress signals four and a half miles to the westward, and the motor life-boat Annie Blanche Smith was launched at...

LAST YEAR'S capsize of the roll-on roll-off ferry Herald of Free Enterprise close to Zeebrugge Harbour entrance, brought sharply into focus the need for emergency services on land and at sea to be alert and ready to cope with the myriad...

WHITBURN.—The barque Canada Belle, of Whitby, struck on the Whitburn Steel rocks during a gale of wind at S.S.W. on the night of the 23rd Nov., 1872. Fortu- nately her signals of distress were ob- served, and the Thomas Wilson Life-boat,...

CADGWITH, CORNWALL.—At midnight, on the 13th January, 1868, a light being observed on or near the Vrogue Rocks, in a strong wind from the W.S.W., and a heavy ground sea, the Western Commercial Traveller life-boat was despatched to as-...

Fox. Vellum service certificates have been presented to Crew Members Christopher E. Fox and David Wainwright.

Western Division On the bar THE SERVICE BY FWLLHELi lifeboat and Criccieth ILB to the yacht Zircon during the...

THE Hundred and Sixth Annual General Meeting of the Governors of the Institu- tion was held at the Caxton Hall, West- minster, on Monday, 7th April, at 3 p.m.

The feature of the meeting was the presence of Coxswains from...

damage. He also felt it would be too dangerous to try to close alongside.

Instead, he instructed his crew to prepare a tow and moved the lifeboat, stern-first, towards the casualty's port bow. The occupants could be...

The Scapa Distillery has released 249 bottles of a Battle of Jutland centenary whisky, to remember those lost in the First World War’s largest naval battle. The Scapa Jutland whisky has matured for 16 years, with 11 of the bottles named...