LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
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Ramsgate, Kent - At 7.31 a.m. on 3rd November, 1968, the coastguard reported that flares had been seen in Sandwich bay at the entrance to the river Stour. The life-boat Michael and Lily Davis slipped her moorings at 7.40 in a southerly gale...
Tarka II
Shoreham Harbour, Sussex - At 9 p.m. on 25th May, 1969, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that red flares had been sighted six to eight miles south south west of Shoreham. At 9.7 the life-boat Dorothy and Philip Constant was...
Sittingbourne's Celebrated
Sittingbourne's celebrated whistling postman, Dale Howling, completed his eighth annual charity cycle ride for Sittingbourne branch in just two days in May last year. Dale cycled nearly 200 miles visiting en route all eight Kent lifeboat... - View image in PDF
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Cover Picture
Oban's new lifeboat, the first 33ft Brede lifeboat to go on station, was named Ann Ritchie on May 7 (see page 229). The Brede has been developed from a commercial GRP hull produced by Lochin Marine of Rye and she takes her place among... - View image in PDF
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Famous Four
In August four teenage friends completed a sponsored walk in aid of the RNLI. Glyn Holt and his brother Aidan along with Andrew Cutts and his brother Michael, walked 100 miles of Pembrokeshire coastal path to raise funds for their local... - View image in PDF
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MSC Napoli
Lost and listing Volunteer lifeboat crews from Falmouth and The Lizard joined the rescue operation of the 26 crew of MSC Napoli on 18 January 2007.
The vessel, 41 miles SE of The Lizard,was taking on water through a hole in... - View image in PDF
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Floreat
MAY 17TH. - ARBROATH, ANGUS. Late at night it was learnt that the local fishing boat Floreat was three hours overdue.
Although the weather was fine the motor lifeboat John and William Mudie was launched at midnight to...
Ocean Maid, of Holy Island
FEBRUARY 11TH. - HOLY ISLAND, NORTHUMBERLAND.
At 1.15 in the afternoon the coastguard telephoned that a fishing coble was showing a signal of distress three miles east of Holy Island. The motor life-boat Milburn was...
The Silver Scale, of North Sunderland
SEPTEMBER 2ND. - NORTH SUNDERLAND, NORTHUMBERLAND. At 3.59 in the afternoon information was received from the coastguard that a fishing coble was on fire two miles east of Cullernose Point. A light southerly wind was blowing and the sea was...
Here be dragons
Tower is the RNLI’s busiest lifeboat station, and its crew were really in demand on 5 September, rescuing 106 people in 2 hours.
This large number of casualties were taking part in a popular race, in which dragon boats,...
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