LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Quest and Dennis
AUGUST 11TH. - FLAMBOROUGH, YORKSHIRE. At about 9.30 in the morning a message was sent to the coxswain that the weather was very bad and that several fishing cobles were out. He went to the station and found that most of the fishing boats...
Airy Fairy, Billy Whizz and Broadaxe
Three yachts saved PARTICIPANTS IN THE Isle of Man's round the island race in May found themselves contending with a south-south-westerly gale and very high seas. It was at 2240 on the night of Sunday May 25, 1986, when the honorary...
Durdham
New Tyne keeps disabled tug off Devon rocks Salcombe - South West Division The qualities of Salcombe's new Tyne class lifeboat Baltic Exchange II were put to the test on 21 October 1988 in a service which led to the coxswain, Frank Smith...
The Red Cross of the Sea
"Peace hath her Victories No less renown'd than War."
THUS wrote the great poet of a war which he deemed, as we do our mighty conflict of to-day, one of Liberty against Tyranny, of the oppressed against...
Category: Articles
The Sand Boat Wisbech
Broughty Ferry, Angus.—About 10.15 on the night of the 4th of February, 1957, a telephone message was received from the harbour master at Dundee that a resident in Invergourie had reported a vessel burning flares oppo- site Balmarino above...
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Cheers!
For the more discerning palate on your Christmas list, look out for special packs of 10-year-old Talisker single malt with the Lifeboats logo.
These extra-special packs of award-winning Scotch whisky are now on sale in...
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Naming Ceremonies
TENBY H.R.H. the Duchess of Kent. Presi- dent of the Institution, named the new Tenby life-boat Henri) Comber Brown at Tenby on the 2nd of June, 1956, and later went afloat in the life-boat. The life-boat has been built out of legacies from...
Category: Inaugurations
Pica
The RNLI's Rescue Survey - where people who have been rescued are given the opportunity to comment on the circumstances - is producing useful information both for the lifeboat service and for passing on as part of the Sea Safety...
Centenary of the Institution, 1924
Appeal to Honorary Secretaries.
THE Secretary of the Institution pro- poses, if possible, to compile its history for publication in 1924, and he will be most grateful to all Honorary Secre- taries, especially of Station...
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