LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Small Drifter
— At 10.15 P.M. on the 14th January the Coastguard informed the Honorary Secretary that a small drifter appeared to be in difficulties about five miles S.E. of Dawlish, so the Life-boat Coxswain remained in readiness for some time at the...
The Royal Fleet Auxiliary Argo
— On the morning of the 1st May the coastguard reported that a vessel was ashore at Copt Point, between Hythe and Folke- stone. A strong N.E. breeze was blowing, with a moderate sea, and the weather was foggy. At first it was thought that...
A Ship's Boat
The Mumbles, Glamorganshire.—On the 1st of August, 1955, the life-boat William Gammon—Manchester and District XXX was launched to stand by during a local reg-atta, but at 7.50 in the evening the coastguard reported that four men in a...
The RNLI and me: Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall
The father, chef, broadcaster, writer and campaigner on his marine passions
A lot of your work seems to be intertwined with the sea – why is that?
I’ve...
Category: Articles
Signals for Pilots
Required to be used and displayed on and after the 1st November, 1873, in accordance with the ISth section of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1873, if a vessel requires the services of a Pilot.
"In the Day-time.—The...
Category: Articles
Shannon prototype trials
Trials of the prototype of the Shannon class lifeboat are continuing – and RNLI crews and officials like what they see. RNLI Skegness tweeted: ‘When I say “we like it”, we really like it! Have never heard the word “phenomenal” used so...
Category: Articles
Joint Charities Christmas Card
A company has been set up known as Joint Charities Christmas Appeal Limited to sell Christmas cards on behalf of 19 charities, one of which is the R.N.L.I.
The cards will be known as 'Help Cards' and will be sold in...
Category: Advertisement
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TAKEN TO HOSPITAL At 2.30 p.m. on 2nd December, 1963, the local doctor told the honorary secretary that a sick patient required to be taken to the mainland for hospital treatment.
The honorary secretary agreed to use the...
All lifeboats great and small
Who could help you find a lifeboat, build a scale model of one or even uncover the adventures of a former lifesaving craft?
There’s one branch of the RNLI whose members are brought together not...
Category: Articles
An Open Boat
Blackpool, Lancashire.—At 7.30 P.M.
011 the 20th August, 1939, a message was received from the police stating that some boys in an open boat were missing and had been last seen drifting to sea. A moderate E.N.E. breeze was...