LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The S.S. Don
Humber, Yorkshire.—At 9.45 on the night of the 21st of January, 1952, the Spurn Point coastguard telephoned that the S.S. Don, of Goole, which was at anchor half a mile west of the Middle Light Buoy, had reported that her second officer had...
The Centenary: In Ireland
Dublin.
Centenary Meeting.
THE Centenary Meeting was held on 24th March. The Right Hon. Andrew Jameson, P.C., D.L., the Chairman of the Branch, presided, and, in the course of his speech moving the...
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The Saturday Club
The Saturday Club for deaf and partially hearing children aged 8 to 16, Newport, Isle of Wight, includes many outdoor activities in its programme, and four weeks of special efforts for the RNLI culminated in an exhibition football match... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Gwylan
GALE WARNING GIVEN New Quay, Cardiganshire. At 10.45 a.m. on yth July, 1964, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a small boat was in difficulties in very rough seas on the New Quay side of Ynys Lochtyn.
The tide...
The Fishing Trawlers Junella and St Jasper
Two medical calls BELFAST COASTGUARD informed the honorary secretary of Portrush lifeboat station at 1505 on Sunday November 15, 1981, that a seaman was critically ill aboard the fishing trawler Junella, nine miles north east of Portrush; he...
Cover Picture
A Sea King helicopter from 202 squadron RAF Brawdy flies past the naming ceremony site at Tenby on September 29, 1986, in salute to the station's new 47ft Tyne class lifeboat, RFA Sir Galahad. A description of the proceedings can be... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
First Man to Greet the Atlantic Heroes Captain John Ridgway and Sergeant Chay Blyth When They Stepped Ashore at Kilronan on the Aran Islands on 3rd September, 1966
First man to greet the Atlantic heroes, Captain John Ridgway and Sergeant Chay Blyth when they stepped ashore at Kilronan, on the Aran Islands, on 3rd September, 1966, after their 92 day voyage of 3,000 miles, was Father Joseph McNamara, the... - View image in PDF
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Unsung Heroes: Frances Hudson
A volunteer describes her recent experience helping to preserve old photographs for future generations
What is your role?
I’ve been cleaning and digitising glass plates, part of a large collection of old lifeboat...
Category: Articles
Kate
The schooner Kate, of Peel, bound to Runcorn from Looe, with a crew of four and a cargo of china clay, was sheltering in Moelfre Roads on the 31st January when she caught fire. A whole S.W. gale was blowing, with a very heavy sea and rain....
The Radio Ship Mi Amigo
Radio ship aground WHILE HER CREW were still on board after returning from a rough weather exercise on Wednesday March 19, Sheerness lifeboat received a VHP call at 1753 from Thames Coastguard telling them that the radio ship Mi Amigo had...