LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Another Record Year for the Life-Boats
BOAT OWNERS were told the truth about salvage claims by the Chairman of the R.N.L.I., Admiral Sir Wilfrid Woods, G.B.E., K.C.B., D.S.O., at the annual meeting of the Institution at Central Hall, Westminster, on 9th April, 1967. He said it...
Category: Articles
New Ways of Raising Money
THREE thousand gas-filled balloons were released from Torquay sea front with cards attached to each balloon bearing the name of someone who had paid one shilling to the Torquay branch of the Institution. Three prizes were awarded for the...
Category: Donations
Rolla, of Hull
On the 14th July the Withernsea Life-boat went out during a strong breeze from the N.E. to the steamer Rotta, of Hull, which had gone ashore about two miles south of Withern- sea. The vessel, however, succeeded in getting out of danger...
Heinrich Gerdes, of Rostock
On the 22d March the schooner Heinrkh Gerdes, of Rostock, on running for the harbour of Berwick, struck on the bar, and was driven ashore south of the entrance to the Tweed. It was blowing a heavy gale from east-north-east, and there was a...
Coxswain Bartley Mullin of Galway Bay
Coxswain Bartley Mullin of Galway Bay (I) with Coleman Hernon, former coxswain and now honorary secretary. Both were awarded the bronze medal for the rescue of eight men from a Dutch coaster in 1962.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Lucy, of Sunderland
On the 11th De- cember, the brig Lucy, of Sunderland, was stranded on the shoal part of the Barber Sand. The beachmen put off in one of their yawls, and endeavoured to get the vessel off.
In this, however, they failed; and...
A Big Increase In the World's Shipping
THE new volumes of Lloyd's Register of Shipping which have just been published record the very interesting fact that during the past year the total tonnage of the world has been increased by 408,540 tons, nearly three times as big an...
Category: Articles
The Danish Liquified Gas Carrier Regitze Tholstrup
Donaghadee lifeboat, the 44ft Waveney Arthur and Blanche Harris, set out at 0929 on Monday January 21 to go to the help of the Danish liquified gas carrier Regitze Tholstrup aground north of Larne Harbour in an easterly gale and very rough...
The Converted Ship's Boat Emily
Cullercoats, Northumberland. At 12.16 on the afternoon of the 12th of June, 1960, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a small pleasure fishing boat was drifting one mile east of Cullercoats and making what appeared to be...
Westerndale H., of Hull
Life-boat 70.001 at The Mumbles - At 2.5 a.m. on i6th September, 1966, the coastguard informed Staff Coxswain J. M.
Hunter that the coastal tanker Westerndale H., of Hull, was aground on the Wash Sands. The 70-feet...