LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
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Barefoot in the mud AT 1945 ON TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1987, two nine-year-old boys were seen by the station honorary secretary and motor mechanic at Lytham St Annes lifeboat station, taking a punt across the River Ribble to the opposite bank,...
Two Scottish Lifeboats Capsize and Right
ON SUNDAY MORNING, November 18, the 50ft Thames lifeboat stationed at Islay and the 52ft Barnett lifeboat stationed at Barra Island were capsized while going to the help of a 299 ton Danish coaster whose cargo of marble chips had shifted.<...
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Oh dear, oh deer On 21 May Bridlineton's D class lifeboat Bridlington's was launched after two deer from a nearby park took to the water when chased by dogs.
We reproduce the station honorary secretary's report...
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Lifeguards Work Wet Summer
LIFEGUARDS WORK WET SUMMER Despite the met Offi ce reporting the wettest may–July since records began, RnLi lifeguards in england were very much in demand. in particular, spring tides led to a number of mass rescues, one of which you can...
Category: Articles
Dolphin friendly
Falmouth’s inshore lifeboat crew was involved in a large and unusual rescue operation on 9 June when a pod of dolphins became stranded in Porth Creek on the Percuil River. When the lifeboat arrived on scene, more than 20 had already died,...
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Central Appeals Committee
WHO WE ARE—We are a group of voluntary workers, each associated with a branch or guild, who believe that the financial needs of the R.N.L.I. are urgent and that the new money necessary to meet the previous deficits and rising costs can be...
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Sincere (2)
Search for missing vessel locates wreck A total of 21 boats, including the Scarborough, Filey and Whitby lifeboats, took part in the search for the fishing vessel Sincere with two persons on board, when it failed to return to harbour on 28...
Summary of the Meetings of the Committee of Management
Thursday, 10th February, 1938.
Sir GODFREY BAKING, Bt., in the chair.
Reported the receipt of the following special contributions :— £ s. d.
Anonymous .... 500 0 0...
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A Thrilling Rescue Among the Rocks
ON Saturday, 19th November last, the St. Helier life-boat took part in another midnight rescue two months after that which earned Coxswain Thomas King a Gold Medal and his crew bronze medals, last September 14th. This time the station...
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