LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Girl Nan, Galilee,Success, Provider A,Venus and Pilot Me.
Whitby, Yorkshire.—On the morn- ing of the 26th of November, 1951, a strong north-west wind was blow- ing and the sea was rough. At 11.30 fishermen reported that the harbour entrance was dangerous. Six local fishing vessels were known to be...
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Arranmore, Co. Donegal - At 6.30 p.m. on 2nd February, 1970, the local doctor told the honorary secretary that a man on Innisbofin island was seriously ill and required hospital treatment on the mainland.
The life-boat...
Kirby
BOAT WAS OVERDUE Walmer, Kent. During the afternoon of igth November, 1963, the coastguard and local boatmen received reports that a local drift net fishing boat was overdue with a strong offshore gale blowing up.
The boat...
Shoreline Member Mr Alan Kahn of Essex
Shoreline member Mr Alan Kahn of Essex thought of calling his all-new Renault 5 Francis because "it's as trim as Clare yet as sturdy as Drake" and won himself the five door version (kindly donated by Renault UK Ltd) as a result... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
In This Issue
Feature: Especially for you 2 From the Thames to the Clyde - meeting local needs Feature: Lifeboat Lottery 6 Win a Caribbean cruise and help raise millions for the RNLI Lifeboats in action 8 Including a trio of Bronze Medals for St...
Category: Contents
Spirit
PAGe tItLe sPIRIt It’s a kind of magic Over 115 years after the first rattle of an RnLi collecting tin in manchester, Rory stamp discovers how young musicians are ensuring that the charity still strikes a chord in the city ‘there’s a great...
Category: Articles
Floreat II
Arbroath, Angus.—On the 16th of December, 1955, the local pilot boat put off with a pilot to warn a vessel not to attempt to enter the harbour in the bad weather, but the pilot boat broke down and was towed in. At 2.30 in the afternoon the...
Girl Anne and Maureen
Girvan, Ayrshire. About one o'clock in the afternoon of the 21st of Novem- ber, 1951, when a gale was blowing, a message was heard on a fishing boat'swireless set in the harbour at Girvan that several fishing boats had left Whiting...
Marie Bhan
Wick, Caithness-shire. At noon on the 6th of September, 1960, the coast- guard informed the honorary secretary that a local fishing boat needed help ten miles south-east of Wick. The life- boat was not launched immediately as all the local...
Craighall
Tynemouth, Northumberland - At 11.45 P-m- on J6th September, 1966, the honorary secretary heard the local fishing vessel Craighall, which had a sick man on board, asking Stonehouse radio for medical advice. The doctor at Aberdeen was not...