LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Original Reports Held By the Rnli Referring to the Rescue on September 3 1940 of Pilot Officer Richard Hillary of the Family of the Rnli's Founder Sir William Hillary
Original reports held by the RNLI referring to the rescue on September 3, 1940, of Pilot Officer Richard Hillary of the family of the RNLi's founder. Sir William Hillary.. - View image in PDF
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San Giorgio
The Lizard/Cadgwith, Cornwall-At 10.23 p.m. on 26th June, 1968, the honorary secretary picked up a radio distress call, confirmed shortly afterwards by the coastguard, that the trimaran San Giorgio was in difficulties 12 miles south south...
Jenny and Yacht Our Jim
Dover, Kent.—At 1.30 in the after- noon of the 8th of April, 1950, the life- boat mechanic saw a rowing boat in the outer harbour in need of help.
At 1.40 the life-boat Mary Scott, on temporary duty at the station, left her...
The S.S. Heire (1)
FEBRUARY 2ND. - SENNEN COVE, AND PENLEE, CORNWALL. At 5.17 P.M. the coastguard reported a vessel was in distress, and the motor life-boat The Newbons was launched at 6 P.M. A strong N.E. gale was blowing, with a very rough sea. The lifeboat...
524 and The S.S. Capito (1)
OCTOBER 11TH. - APPLEDORE, CLOVELLY, AND ILFRACOMBE, DEVON. At 3.50 in the afternoon the naval officer-incharge at Appledore asked the life-boat to be in readiness to launch. A south-west gale was blowing, with a very rough sea, and...
Additional Stations and New Life-Boats
LONGHOPE, ORKNEY ISLANDS. — The NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION has formed a Life-boat Station at Longhope, on the south side of Hoy, one of the South Orkney Islands, where a lamentable ship- ! wreck, with loss of life, took place some '...
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Angler's Luck (1)
Eastbourne, and Newhaven, Sussex.
—On the evening of the 27th of September; 1953, during thick fog, a steamer wirelessed that the motor boat Angler's Luck, with a crew of two, three miles off Beachy Head had asked her...
Prince of Wales' Day In London. The Prince Leaving the Library Hall, Whitechapel
The Prince Leaving The Library Hall Whitechapel. - View image in PDF
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Strength and depth
In the English Channel, there are breaking swells higher than houses. Shrieking winds whip up a storm of snow, sleet and spray. Amidst it all, a huge cargo ship named Bonita, with 36 people onboard, has rolled onto her side....
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