LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Aberdeen's 52Ft Arun Bp Forties on Exercise the Lifeboat Plays a Vital Role In the Pattern of Search and Rescue Operating In the Area Photograph Courtesy Jim Fer
Aberdeen's 52Ft Arun Bp Forties On Exercise The Lifeboat Plays A Vital Role In The Pattern of Search and Rescue Operating In The Area Photograph Courtesy Jim Fer. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Yacht Aquila
Margate, Kent - At 4.27 p.m. on 7th December, 1969, it was learnt that the 50 ft. ketch yacht Aquila, on passage from Newhaven to London with a crew of four, had fired red flares. She had ripped her mainsail in a sudden squall and had...
Sir William Hillary Founder of the Rnli and Triple Gold-Medallist Himself Saved More Than 300 People from Drowning
Sir William Hillary, founder of the RNLl and triple gold-medallist, himself saved more than 300 people from drowning..
Category: Drawings
STAMPS WANTED
Mr. Barrie Smale, of 28 Stratford Road, Blacon, Chester, reports continued progress with his R.N.L.I. stamp appeal, a cheque for £13 being received from him in July. Mr. Smale is making up approval books of stamps to send to stamp clubs...
Category: Donations
A Message Was Received By the Honorary Secretary of Bembridge Lifeboat Station on Saturday July 30 to Say That An Engine Fire Now Extinguished Had Caused Compl
A message was received by the honorary secretary of Bembridge lifeboat station on Saturday, July 30, to say that an engine fire, now extinguished, had caused complete steering loss on a 48' ketch on passage from Poole to Le Havre. A... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
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30th December.
Flares had been reported, but a search failed to find any vessel in distress.— Rewards, £40 10s. 6d..
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Whitehills, Banfishire.—4th December.
At 7.10 A.M. the coastguard reported that a distress flare had been seen about three miles N.W. of East Head. A strong north-westerly gale was blowing, with a very heavy sea. The...
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FIVE ADULTS AND TWO CHILDREN RESCUED Mallaig, Inverness-shire. At 11.10 on the evening of Saturday the 14th of September, 1963, the police told the honorary secretary that a number of people were trapped on a cliff in Loch...
Deike Rickmers
WALTON-ON-THE-NAZE.—One of the last Life-boat Services of the past year (1884) was that performed by The Honourable Artillery Company boat, which had only been stationed by the NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION at Walton-on-the-Naze about two...