LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Pass of Leny
KILMORE.—The John Robert Life-boat was launched at 2.30 P.M. on the 22nd March, during a S. wind and a thick fog, and remained during the night by the barque Pass of Leny, of Glasgow, bound from Java for Liverpool with a cargo of sugar,...
Award of a Gold Watch
MR. DAVID EVANS, who is second mate of the tanker Pass of Balmaha, has been presented with a gold watch and scroll by the Bulk Oil Steamship Co. Ltd., in recognition of his gallantry in diving overboard while the ship was in the Firth of...
Category: Awards
Two Fishing Smacks The James and The Atkins
PORTHDINLLAEN.—Signals of distress were shown from some vessels in Carnarvon Bay on the night of the 25th January. The crew of the Life-boat George Moore quickly assembled, launched their boat, and proceeded in the direction of the light,...
Ystroom, of Amsterdam
On the 27th January, during a fresh breeze at S.S.E., in obedience to signals observed from the North Sand Head and Gull Lightships, the Life- boat Bradford, in tow of the steam-tug Aid, proceeded to the barque Ystroom, of Amsterdam, then...
The King's Jubilee. An Old-Age Pensioner's Gift
AN anonymous gift of ten shillings has been received with the message : " A jubilee gift from an old-age pensioner of West Hampstead." Another anonymous gift, of half a crown, has come from another old-age pensioner, who wrote...
Category: Donations
The Sea Cadet Boats Rosie and Black Cap
New Brighton, Cheshire.—At 8.40 on the evening of the 23rd of July, 1955, the Formby coastguard reported that the Sea Cadet pinnace Rosie was ashore on Devil's Bank in the river Mersey off Garston. At 8.50 the life- boat Norman 13....
The Business of the Morning Over Paul Daniels With Some of the Sea Scouts and Cub Sea Scouts Who Had Witnessed the Rnli's
The business of the morning over, Paul Daniels, with some of the Sea Scouts and Cub Sea Scouts who had witnessed the KNLI's ninth national lottery, took a look round the headquarters museum. One undoubted attraction was the working model... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Converted Motor Fishing Vessel Watchful
Clacton-on-Sea, Essex. At 10.41 on the morning of the 18th of May, 1960, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a small coaster was aground on the West Barrow sands infine weather. No distress signals had been made, and as it...
Gudveig of Oslo
Caister, and Great Yarmouth and Gorleston, Norfolk; and Lowestoft, Suf- folk. At 4.59 on the morning of the 24th of February, 1961, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary of the Gorleston station that the motor vessel Gudveig of Oslo...
Other Life-Boat Launches
In addition to the services by life-boats which resulted in saving lives and which are recorded in full on pages 37, 45, 57, the following launches on service were made during the months June, July and August, 1969, inclusive: Aith,...
Category: Services