LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Austrian Schooner Voador Du Vouga
On the 20th February the services of this life-boat were again called into requisition.
The Austrian schooner Voador du Fo«^a,with a cargo of Indian corn and figs, was driven ashore in Tramore Bay, in a S.W. gale, when...
Trio, of Guernsey
At 12.15 A.M. on the 2nd October information was re- ceived that a vessel was continually burning flares off Trevose Head, and appeared to be driving ashore. The crew of the No. 2 Life-boat Edmund Harvey were at once summoned, and the boat,...
Gregory Conneely Chairman of Galway and Aran Fishermen's Co-Operative Society Presents a Cheque for £1500 the Result of a Proportion of Its Fish Auction Being Made Over to the Rnli (1 To
Gregory Conneely, chairman of Galway and Aran Fishermen's Co-Operative Society, presents a cheque for £1,500, the result of a proportion of its fish auction being made over to the RNLI. (1. to r.) Noel Mickey, chairman of Galway... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
(Right) His Royal Highness Studied the Medal Book With Alan Neal Assistant Secretary (Operations Division) and (Below Right) Was Shown Round the Drawing Office By Symi
(Right) His Royal Highness studied the medal book with Alan Neal, assistant secretary (operations division), and (below, right) was shown round the drawing office by Symington Macdonald, chief staff officer (technical).. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Albert T. Young and the Hildred
POOLE.—On the 23rd February two vessels, the barquentine Albert T. Young and the Hildred, both belonging to Faversham, and laden with coal, stranded on the back of the Hook Sands, in a fresh S.E. wind and a rough sea. The Honorary Secretary...
The Dredger Foremost
LANDED INJURED MAN Southend-on-Sea, Essex. At 1.2 p.m. on i8th March, 1965, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a man on board the dredger Foremost that was anchored at No. 5 sea reach buoy had injured his back and was...
While Trying to Help the Yachtsmen
While trying to help the yachtsmen the inflatable dinghy was capsized. The two lifeboatmen who had been manning her and one of Melfort's crew, swept down to Derby Haven breakwater, were successfully lifted from the sea by the crew of the... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Motor Fishing Coble Hilda (2)
Scarborough, Yorkshire. — Two days later the Hilda was again in need of help. At 5 o'clock in the evening of the 19th of January, 1949, the coast- guard telephoned that she was overdue, and later reported that a trawler was standing by...
OTHER IRB LAUNCHES
In addition to the services by IRBs which resulted in saving lives and which are recorded on lages 120, 130, 134, the following launches on service were made during the months September, October and November, 1969, inclusive: Abersoch,...
Category: Services
New Ways of Raising Money
THERE has been some very encouraging news of the activities of youthful supporters of the life-boat service. The junior section of the Edinburgh branch, which has been growing steadily in strength, recently organised a junior gymkhana at a...
Category: Donations