LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Phaedra
30-mile tow to safety for yacht adrift among rigs The rescue of two people from a yacht kept Cromer's Tyne class lifeboat at sea for 12 hours in winds of up to Force 9 on 28 September 1988. More than nine hours were spent towing the...
Inshore Lifeboat Services March April and May 1978
Aberdovey, Gwynedd March 27, April 23, 30 and May 23 Abersoch, Gwynedd April 9, May 25 and 31 Aberystwyth, Dyfed May 2 Appledore, North Devon March 5 Arbroath, Angus March 18, May 28 and 29 Arran (Lamlash) Buteshire May 28 Atlantic College,...
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Lifeboat Services (1)
Aberdeen, Grampian 54ft Arun ON 1050: Apr 26 D class: Mar 25, and May 30 Aberdovey, Gwynedd Atlantic 21: Apr 7 and May 31 Abersoch, Gwynedd Atlantic 21: Apr 1 (three times), 2 (twice), 16 (twice), 22, May 16, 27 and 29 Aldeburgh, Suffolk...
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H.M. Trawler Blackburn Rovers
SILVER MEDAL SERVICE AT DOVER Nov. 26TH. - DOVER, KENT.
During the morning H.M. Trawler Blackburn Rovers, with 16 men on board, was on anti-submarine patrol off Dover near the minefields. A full gale was blowing from the...
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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...
The American Steamer Byron Darnton, of Baltimore (1)
MARCH 16TH - 17TH. - CAMPBELTOWN, ARGYLLSHIRE, GIRVAN, AYRSHIRE, AND PORTPATRICK, WIGTOWNSHIRE. Soon after eleven o’clock on the night of the 16th the Southend coastguard reported to the Campbeltown life-boat station that a ship was ashore...
Anchor man
There’s something about Dartmouth, Devon, that keeps people coming back. Many are content to walk the narrow streets down to the picturesque shore of the River Dart, still guarded by the 15th-century castle that gazes out to sea. Others like...
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Accounts of Services by Life-boats (7)
AUGUST
Launches 37. Lives rescued 13.
AUG. 1ST. - MOELFRE, ANGLESEY.
Three men, visitors to Moelfre, who were out in a rowing boat,...
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'We're really happy to be part of the RNLI'
Meet some of the people who are getting our new lifesaving services off the ground
Portishead lifeboat has been running as an independent rescue service since The...
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Services of the Life-Boats of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution
SEATON CAREW, DURHAM.—On the night of April 12th, signals of distress were observed on the North Gare Sand, at the entrance to the River Tees, the wind from the S.E. with a high sea on. The Seaton Carew life-boat was at once launched and...
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