LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Boat from a Pilot Vessel
BOYS RESCUED Humber, Yorkshire. At 2.7 a.m. on 2nd January, 1965, the coastguard informed the coxswain superintendent that a boat from a pilot vessel with two boys on board had broken down, was unlit and drifting up river. At 2.35 the...
Lives Lost, 1853
The whole loss of lives during the year, as far as has been ascertained, amounts to 989.
Of these, 18 went down with the Herdd, which sunk off the Start, after collision with a schooner at night, on 10th January; 83 in the...
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Four More Lifeboats for the Rnlis Miniature
Four more lifeboats for the RNLis miniature collection were presented to Ravmond Baxter bv Brian Williams fr) at Earls Court. Made bv Mr Williams, thev are the gift of Mr and Mrs R. Phillips of Salcombe.. - View image in PDF
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The Famous 'Blue Peter' Lifeboat Appeal Was Made on 5Th December, 1966. It Asked for 60,000 Paper-Backed Books. the Response Was So Great That the Books, When Sold, Made Enough Money
The famous 'Blue Peter' lifeboat appeal was made on 5th December, 1966. It asked for 60,000 paper-backed books.
The response was so great that the books, when sold, made enough money to purchase not one but four... - View image in PDF
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Give it a go: Coastal birdwatching
As nesting season begins this month, RSPB Warden Paul Morrison shares some of the winged wonders along our coastlines
No one sets foot on Coquet Island, just off the Northumberland coast, except a lucky team who live in...
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Cover Picture
by Mike Floyd Salcombe's Tyne class lifeboat The Baltic Exchange II crosses Salcombe bar while on exercise with the new St Ives' Mersey class. The Mersey was on passage to her station, and the exercise part of the working-up routine.... - View image in PDF
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At 9.5 P.M. on 22nd February, the Blakeney Coxswain was informed by the Coastguard that a flare had been seen between Blakeney and Wells.
The Pulling and Sailing Life-boat Caroline was launched at 9.45 P.M. in a moderate...
Arienoldus G.
Torbay, Devon.—Early on the morning of the 10th of March, 1956, five •members of the crew of the motor vessel Arienoldus G., of Rotterdam, which was anchored one mile south- east of Teignmouth bar, put off in a small boat to land the mate...
Additional Stations and New Life-Boats
DOVER.—A new life-boat and transporting- carriage have been sent to Dover by the NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION, the former boat stationed there being considered to be too small, and not to have sufficient rowing power. The new boat is 32...
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Bucklers Hard Boat Builders Ltd.,
Lady Hamilton would have approved! Bucklers Hand Boat Builders offer a comprehensive facility chat includes a dill repair & maintenance, custom build facility (power & sail), mobile crane up to 35 tons, summer & winter...
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