LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Kiss for Her Rescuer
A four-year-old girl, who was rescued in June, 1968, from the water at Bude, Cornwall, by one of the crew of the local IRB, afterwards returned to give a him a kiss of thanks.
Her rescuer was Mr. John Bate, aged 25, and the...
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A Speed Boat (1)
Joint rescue saves water-skiersOn Saturday, 8 September 2001, three lifeboats, two helicopters and two cliff rescue teams were called out to rescue three people from a speedboat that had capsized in a notoriously dangerous area. The wind was...
A Cabin Cruiser
Cromarty. At 8.30 on the evening of the 8th of September, 1959, the coast- guard informed the honorary secretary that a cabin cruiser with one man on board was missing between Chanonry Point and Inverness. The life-boat Lilla Marras, Douglas...
A Motor Boat
Tenby, Pembrokeshire. At 1.5 on the afternoon of the 4th of October, 1959, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a motor boat with three men on board was stranded on a sandbank a mile and three quarters south-west of...
The Advent of the Motor-Boat
THIS year has been one of exceptional interest with regard to the development of Marine Motors, and it will be satis- factory to the supporters of the ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION to know that the subject of placing motors in...
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Peep Into the Past
A fascinating glimpse of the Lifeboat archives nto the pasL 100 years ago The spring 1906 edition of the then Life-boat Journal reported there was a large demand for the barometers that the RNLI offered to professional mariners at a reduced...
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A Boat (2)
Tynemouth, Northumberland. At 11.55 on the morning of the 15th of August, 1959, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a small boat was in difficulties one mile east of Tynemouth North Point. At 12.10 the life-boat...
Buy a Life-Boat Calendar!
FOR the last three years the Institution has distributed a Life-boat Calendar, with a view to keeping the work of the j Life-boat Service continually before the public. By doing this the Committee of Management have felt that they might also...
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Heathery Brae
ESCORT FOR TWO Buckle, Banffshire. At 4.55 p.m. on 16th November, 1964, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that the seine net fishing boat Heathery Brae was in difficulties eight miles north-north-east of Buckie. The sea was very...
A Launch (1)
Barry Dock, Glamorganshire. At 11.55 on the morning of the 31st of December, 1959, the coastguard in- formed the honorary secretary that a small half-decked launch appeared to be in difficulties off Sully...