LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
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On the 8th of December, 1954, three members of the crew of the Scar- borough life-boat lost their lives when the life-boat capsized at the entrance to the harbour. For a full account of this accident see page 9..
Martell Cognac
When you're saved from the drink.
For those who'll need a pick-me-up, there's a bottle of 3 star cognac on board every RNLI lifeboat. Courtesy of Martell..
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Russell Court Studios
SALCOMBE LIFEBOAT PRINT "BALTIC EXCHANGE II" A SPECIAL EDITION SIGNED PRINT TO COMMEMORATE A FAMOUS YEAR IN THE HISTORY OF SALCOMBE LIFEBOAT.
BY GORDON ASHTON IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE SALCOMBE LIFEBOAT CREW The...
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Farmers stranded
12 February: Clifden Four experienced fish farmers were working at the mouth of Clifden Bay in Galway when a storm left them stranded and they called for assistance. The Clifden inshore lifeboat rode through huge...
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A Halifax Aeroplane
MARCH 26TH. - ST. DAVID’S, PEMBROKESHIRE.
At 11.30 at night, the life-boat honorary secretary received a telephone message from the R.A.F. at St. David’s that a Halifax aeroplane was down in the sea several miles west by...
A Cargo Ship
Sea sick One of the last places you'd want to be when struck by food poisoning is out at sea. Dozens of crew on a cargo ship suffered this fate off the Western Isles on 14 September.
Stornoway lifeboat came to their...
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Springing Spaniels Anyone who has been on speaking terms with a very lively Springer Spaniel will hardly be surprised that a significant number of dog-and-lifeboat incidents seem to involve the breed... Including the one which made the...
Fishing Cobles
.—Four of the fishing cobles belonging to St. Abbs were overtaken by bad weather when at sea on the 19th March, and were in great stress owing to the heavy sea running. The Life-boat Helen Smitton was launched and stood by three of the boats...
Main Attraction on the R.N.L.I. Stand at This Year's International Boat Show at Earls Court, London
Main attraction on the R.N.L.I. stand at this year's International Boat Show at Earls Court, London, on 3-13 January was the new McLachlan boat (18-02) which is foreseen as a high speed rescue craft and also for taking crews from the... - View image in PDF
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Feature Moving Inland
On 23 May 2001 the first RNLI inland waterway lifeboat station, on Lough Erne in Northern Ireland, opened for business.
Honorary secretary Sam McCreery and deputy launching authority Archie Birrell report on the events of...
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