LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Keel Boat Thankful, Coble Evelyn Margaret and Fishing Boat Dahlia
NOVEMBER 1ST. - SCARBOROUGH, YORKSHIRE. Wind and sea had got up in the morning while several fishing boats were out, and by eleven o’clock a strong easterly gale was blowing, with a rough sea.
The motor life-boat Herbert...
Pride of Lambay, of Dublin
JUNE 2ND. - ARKLOW, CO. WICKLOW.
Just before midnight on the 1st of June information was received that a boat had disappeared. The fishing boat Pride of Lambay, of Dublin, had towed a boat to Arklow and had been left tied...
The Danish Fishing Vessel, J. N. Fibiger, of Hirtshals
OCTOBER 14TH. - THE HUMBER, YORKSHIRE.
About 9.20 at night the life-boat watchman reported a vessel aground on the Binks, but she got off and steamed south-east only to stop on the Outer Binks. Half an hour later the port...
Thalatta, of Harwich
JANUARY 19TH. - CLACTON - ON - SEA, ESSEX. At 2.48 in the afternoon the coastguard reported a sailing barge flying a signal.
A fresh north-west wind was blowing, with a heavy swell and squalls of snow. The motor life-boat...
Master and commander
An RNLI coxswain must be brave but what else does it take to inspire the confidence and trust of a modern-day crew?
On 9 July 2010, Mike Lawrence was not only in charge of Calshot’s Tyne class Alexander Coutanche but also...
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H.M. Tug Fairplay II
MARCH 2ND. - REDCAR, YORKSHIRE.
At 11 A.M. it was reported that H.M. Tug Fairplay II had stranded on the West Salt Scar Rock, near Redcar. At 11.45 A.M. the motor life-boat Louisa Polden was launched.
The...
S.S. Kollskegg
JULY 21ST. - SWANAGE, DORSET. At 6.14 P.M. the coastguard reported a vessel on fire some ten miles or more to the S.E. A westerly breeze was blowing, with a moderate swell. The motor life-boat Thomas Markby was launched at 6.27 P.M., and...
The S.S. Fireglow
NOVEMBER 8TH. - CLACTON-ON-SEA (AT BRIGHTLINGSEA), ESSEX During the afternoon the naval base at Brightlingsea reported that two steamers were sinking in the West Swin. A strong S.W. wind was blowing, with a rough sea. The motor life-boat...
Lifeboat Lottery
Regular players of the Lifeboat Lottery will know Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines as a kind sponsor, frequently donating cruises as prizes. But there is a lot more to the RNLI’s partnership with Fred. Olsen than holiday...
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Notes of the Quarter
THE LIFE-BOAT FLEET 155 Motor Life-boats 1 Harbour Pulling Life-boat LIVES RESCUED from the foundation of the Life-boat Service in 1824 to 31st December, 1954 79,058 Notes of the Quarter THE year 1954 has been one on which the Life-boat...
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