LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Specialist training for new crew, supported by The LRET
With only 1 in 10 joining the RNLI from a professional maritime occupation, training is especially important. Formerly, inshore and all-weather crew were trained separately – now, they are taught the core skills together, increasing both...
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No ordinary Jo
She made a comedy career from pouring scorn, but when it comes to the sea and those who rescue people from it, Jo Brand is positively gushing
It’s Jo Brand’s turn to jump in. She grabs her...
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Increasing respect for the water
Respect the Water – the RNLI’s safety campaign – launched throughout the UK and Republic of Ireland this Summer. The campaign was bigger than ever, with thought-provoking adverts in cinemas, on radio, the web and in the press, all in the...
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The S.S. Stancourt
JANUARY 30TH. - BROUGHTY FERRY, ANGUS. At 1.45 P.M. the Carnoustie coastguard reported a vessel ashore on the Abertay Sands, and ten minutes later the motor life-boat Mona was launched. A strong gale was blowing from the south-east, with a...
The S.S. Margaret Lockington
FEBRUARY 28TH. - NEWCASTLE, CO. DOWN. At 4.15 in the morning the coastguard telephoned that a steamer was ashore, and the motor life-boat L. P. and St. Helen was launched at five minutes past five. A southerly gale was blowing, with a very...
Lochgoil
OCT. 6TH. - THE MUMBLES, GLAMORGANSHIRE. At 6 P.M. the coastguard informed the life-boat station that the motor vessel Lochgoil, of London, had been sunk by enemy action five miles S. by W. of the Scarweather Lightship. She was a steamer of...
Welcome
Phil, interviewed on page 18, lost his son to the sea. Now he has pledged his support for the RNLI’s Respect the Water campaign, which this year will reach more people than ever. It wasn’t easy for Phil to talk about the tragedy that has hit...
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An R.A.F. Aeroplane
DECEMBER 7TH. - SHOREHAM HARBOUR, SUSSEX. At 1 A.M. the coast-guard reported a message from the coastwatching post at Goring that it had seen red flares at sea about a mile away. A fresh S.W. wind was blowing, with a moderate...
The Life-Boat Service In Japan
THE Imperial Japanese Society for Saving Life from Shipwreck (Dainippon Teikoku Suinam Kiusai Kwai) was established in 1879, but was not incorporated by Imperial Charter until 1899. At the present time the Society has 17 stations on the...
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A French Trawler (2)
NOV. 23RD. - ST. PETER PORT, GUERNSEY. At 8 A.M. Mrs. R. W. Hathaway, La Dame de Sark, telephoned that a French trawler had anchored near Havre Gosselin, Sark. A fresh S.W. gale was blowing, with a very rough sea. At 8.25 A.M.. the motor...