LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Alex Van Opstal
SEPT. l5TH. - WEYMOUTH, DORSET.
At 7.20 P . M . the coastguards telephoned that four boats were adrift near the Shambles Lightship with the crew of a Belgian steamer on board. The weather was fine. The motor life-boat...
Three Aeroplanes
JULY 10TH. - DUNGENESS, KENT. Information had been received that three aeroplanes had fallen into the sea. Many the men were away fishing, but a crewwas obtained, and with the help of women the life-boat was launched. At the time an attack...
Bar
APRIL 17TH. - NEWHAVEN, SUSSEX, AND WALMER, KENT. The French trawler Bar had gone ashore near Beachy Head, but she refloated without help, and the Newhaven life-boat returned to her station. The trawler had been reported to Walmer as ashore...
Are Life-Boat Days a Nuisance?
THE thousands who collect for the Institution on life-boat days and who are sometimes told by those to whom they appeal that " these flag days are a perfect nuisance " may find a useful reply in the following letter, which appeared...
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A Surfboard
A severe blow Late afternoon at Polzeath, Cornwall, on 28 August 2005 RNLI lifeguards spotted a young woman being helped out of the black and white flagged area. While surfing, the woman had taken a blow to the back of her head from a...
In the Beginning...
The oak of the RNLI grew from the acorn of Sir William Hillary's famous Appeal to the British Nation in 1823.
In the nature of nineteenth century writings the Appeal is too fulsome to reproduce in its entirety. Extracts...
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Snow Wych
Yacht on bar THE AUXILIARY COASTGUARD On Watch at Penrhyn on Tuesday April 17 saw, at 1155, a small yacht under outboard engine with her mainsail up making for the River Teifi. It was a fine day with a clear sky and the sea in the bay was...
The Best Essay
By OSMOND PATTISON HANDFORD ROBB (14), Royal High School, Edinburgh.
Imagine that You have been Shipwrecked, and Rescued by a Life-boat. Describe Your Experiences.
THE sea was turbulent; a thick fog...
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The Seine Net Fishing Vessel Quest
JUNE. 10TH. - BUCKIE, BANFFSHIRE.
At 11.30 P.M. the coastguard telephoned that they had been watching a vessel since 6 P.M.
She was under sail, but making little headway, and appeared to be flying a...
The S.S. Circassian Prince (1)
PALLING AND WINTERTON, NORFOLK.— Daring a strong breeze from W.N.W., a heavy sea, and thick weather on the night of the 21st March, the Palling No. 2 Life-boat British Workman and the Winterton No. 2 Life-boat Margaret proceeded to the...