LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Oil Exploration Vessel Oregis and Northsider
Tug on rocks AN ENGINE breakdown just as she had cast off her tugs on her final trials resulted in the oil exploration vessel Oregis going aground at the entrance to the Tyne. It was 1530 on Sunday, March 10. Tynemouth honorary secretary was...
IRB Launches. Rescues by IRB's in May were Carried out by the Following Stations
NORTH WEST DISTRICT Llandudno, Caernarvonshire - At 6.40 p.m. on 3oth May, 1967, it was learned that a boy, who had fallen off the Great Orme, would have to be taken off by boat as it would be very difficult to haul him up the cliff face....
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Galilean
CASUALTY FOUND 20FT FROM ROCKY LKK SHORK Crew rescued from fishing vessel in Force 11 winds and total darkness Coxswain/Mechanic Thomas Ralston of Mallaig has been awarded the Institution's Bronze medal for rescuing two men and their...
Lifeboat Services August September and October 1985
Lifeboat Services August, September and October, 1985 Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire 54ft Arun: August 3, October 9 and 14 D class inflatable: October 9 and 14 Aberdovey, Gwynedd Atlantic21: August 4, 6,18, 21 (twice), 26, 28, 29, September 21 and...
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Healthspan
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Yachts and Dinghies
A combination of fair weather and thunderstorms made for a particularly busy weekend for the RNLI in May 2005. In two days, RNLI crews launched more than 75 times and rescued around 100 people On 7 May sailors were caught out by strong winds...
Review
Poor man’s heaven by Seth Lakeman Review by Rory Stamp
Seth Lakeman isn’t alone in being a successful modern musician inspired by classic rock and 1990s dance music, but few fuse such influences in the way he has on Poor...
Category: Articles
Additional Stations and New Life-Boats
BEMBRIDGE, ISLE OF WIGHT.—It will be remembered by our readers that on the occasion of the Jubilee of our late beloved QUEEN VICTORIA, in the year 1887, the Committee of Management, with the sanction of Her Most Gracious Majesty, who was the...
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Caroline in real life
Mum, wife, broadcaster and self-styled nosey parker Caroline Quentin explains how her new series brought her up close and personal with lifeboating
‘Oh do shut up darlings!’ calls Caroline...
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Additional Stations and New Life-Boats
ST. ANDREW'S, FIFESHIRE.—A new lifeboat and transporting-carriage have been placed at St. Andrew's, and a Branch of the NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION has been established there. This boat is on the selfrighting plan adopted by the...
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