LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Greta
Portpatrick, Wigtownshire.—The motor life-boat J and W put out at 6.20 P.M.
on the 14th January, in a moderate E. wind, with a moderate sea, as the motor fishing boat Greta, of Portpatrick, which should have returned at 3 P...
Finance In 1943; Expenditure
Expenditure in 1943 was £299,125. That was more than in 1942 but much less than in a year of peace. Only one new life-boat could be completed and sent to the coast. She had taken three times the normal time to...
Category: Articles
Zosteria, of London
On the 20th March, the brig Zosteria, from London to Hartle- pool, in ballast, was observed in distress off this place while it was blowing a strong gale from E.N.E., accompanied by heavy rain. The Parsee life-boat was at once taken along...
New Life-Boats Named
THREE new life-boats were named in July, 1958. H.R.H. the Duchess of Kent, President of the Institution, agreed to name two of them and her daughter, H.R.H. Princess Alexandra, named the third. The life-boats which were to be named by the...
Category: Inaugurations
A Baptism By Fire And Water
A BAptism By fiRe ANd WAteR At the northernmost tip of mainland Scotland, the waters of the Atlantic Ocean siphon into the North Sea and back again, twice a day, through a churning channel less than 7 miles wide. One new recruit will always...
Category: Articles
Royal Bank of Scotland
Royal Bank account* that&ave live* at tea For the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) to be able to continue its valiant and valuable work saving lives at sea, it needs to be able to plan ahead when it comes to fundraising. This...
Category: Advertisement
Roach
Margate, Kent. — At 8.20 on the morning of the 15th of July, 1957, the coastguard reported that a sail- ing yacht appeared to be ashore at Birchington about four and a half miles west of the look-out. Heavy rain squalls obscured the...
The Argentinian Warship Candida de Lasala
Despite injury FAIRLIGHT COASTGUARD informed the Hastings deputy launching authority at 1120 on December 23, 1974, that there had been an explosion on board the Argentinian warship Candida de Lasala and medical help was needed. Maroons were...
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Washed off pier A MEMBER of Amble ILB crew, Keith Stuart, was on his way home at about 1715 on Friday August 19, 1977, when he heard a helicopter working in the area off the south pier. Bystanders were shouting that a boy was in the water....
A Stitch In Time
A stitch in time...
could save a lifeboat from launching The RNLI has started an initiative to slow the seemingly inexorable increase in lifeboat launches - by working to prevent incidents occurring in the first...
Category: Articles