LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Call the doctor!
The RNLI's responsibilities demand medical expertise not only in emergency care – lifeboat crew and lifeguards are often first on scene – but also for the health of our staff and volunteers...
Category: Articles
Paula Bertha
About 8 A.M.
on the 1st September the Coastguard gave information to the Coxswain of the No. 1 Life-boat, Samuel Plimsoll, that a vessel was aground on the Holm Sand.
He promptly mustered his crew, and...
Port Isaac’s Fisherman’s Friends
Port Isaac’s Fisherman’s Friends
Review by Carol Waterkeyn
Salty sea-dogs John, Jeremy and Julian Brown, Trevor Grills, John Lethbridge, Billy Hawkins, Peter Rowe, John McDonnell and Jon Cleave form the current...
Category: Articles
The Dutch S.S. Prinses Juliana
JANUARY 18TH. - CAMPBELTOWN, ARGYLLSHIRE. The Dutch S.S. Prinses Juliana, of Flushing, had been reported in difficulties near the shore, but she was found not to be in need of help. - Rewards, £4 17s. 6d..
Vellum for American Airman
H.R.H. the Duchess of Kent presents the thanks of the Institution inscribed on vellum to Major Paul L. Park. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Weston-Super-Mare:
Weston-super-Mare: On Wednesday July 25, 1984, the station's Atlantic 21 rigid inflatable lifeboat, Weston Centenary, was on stand-by for the town's air day. She was waiting to carry out a helicopter lift demonstration when a crew... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
SSE support
We are now entering the third and final year of the RNLI’s partnership with Scottish and Southern Energy (SSE).
SSE is committed to supporting the communities in which it operates. When work began on the Greater Gabbard...
Category: Articles
Paola
PALLING, NORFOLK.—During a fresh breeze from the N.W. on the 3rd November, a steamer was observed on the Hasborough Sands showing signals of distress. The British Workman Life-boat was launched at 9 A.M. and proceeded to the vessel, which...
Maud
St. Peter Port, Guernsey.—At 1.30 early on the morning of the 20th of Au- gust, 1953, a man rang up the life-boat station and said that four men had put out in the fishing boat Maud, of Jersey, but were now five hours overdue. At 2.30 a...
Great Rail Journeys
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