LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Royal Firth
On 20th September the Royal Firth, of Glasgow, a steamer of about 400 tons, struck the Mahon Rock near the Tuskar Lighthouse, while bound from Blyth to Eosslare laden with coals.
Shortly after 6 P.M. the vessel was seen...
Contributions from Shipping Companies
THE following shipowners have sent contributions to the Institution as a result of its placing the services of the Institution before them, after the crews of their vessels had been rescued by Life-boats. The first list of such contributions...
Category: Donations
None (1)
Stromness, Orkneys. — 29th March.
A steamer's siren had been heard blowing continuously, but no vessel could be found.—Rewards, £7 2s..
An Aeroplane (13)
APRIL 28TH. - SENNEN COVE, CORNWALL.
An aeroplane was reported to have crashed but nothing was found. - Rewards, £7 2s..
A Small Boat (4)
AUGUST 20TH. - DUN LAOGHAIRE, CO.
DUBLIN. A small boat had been reported in distress, but nothing could be found.- Rewards, £10 2s..
The S.S. Ullapool
MARCH 13TH. - NEW BRIGHTON, CHESHIRE. At 8.55 in the evening the Seacombe Ferry Office sent a message that vessel had struck a mine off Seacombe Stage, and at 9.15 the No. 1 motor life-boat William and Kate Johnston was...
The Icelandic Trawler Skallagrimur
DE C . 7 T H. - BROUGHTY FERRY, ANGUS The Icelandic trawler Skallagrimur had been reported to he in distress over twenty miles away, but nothing was found. - Rewards, £16 7s..
Portrait on the Cover
THE portrait on the cover is of Cox- swain Stanley Smith, of Yarmouth, Isle of Wight, who retired in August of this year, after twenty-seven years of service in the life-boat. He has been in it since the station was estab- lished in 1924. He...
Category: Articles
Lt Cdr Brian Miles the Rnli's Director
Cdr Brian Miles, the RNLI's director, is pictured collecting a cheque for £19,443, the result of a competition sponsored by Frizzell Insurance and Financial Services and which appeared in several editions of the Civil Service... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The S.S. Coryton
FEBRUARY 16TH. - NORTH SUNDERLAND, AND HOLY ISLAND, NORTHUMBERLAND.
At 8.10 in the morning the coastguard reported to the North Sunderland life-boat station that a ship was ashore on the Farne Islands. She was the S.S....