LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Dinghy
Ten rescued TOLD BY a member of the public at 1309 on August 10, 1974, that a dinghy being sailed singlehanded had capsized in Port Eynon Bay and her helmsman was having trouble righting her, J. Walter Grove senior crew member of Horton and...
Sandhill
BRONZE MEDAL SERVICE AT NEWCASTLE JANUARY 28TH, 30TH and 31ST.- NEWCASTLE, CO. DOWN. At 12.30 in the afternoon of the 28th, the motor life-boat L. P. and St. Helen was launched to the help of the motor vessel Sandhill, of Newcastle- on-Tyne,...
Out in the cold
When Skerries sea swimmer Sean O’Kelly became hypothermic during a swim around Colt Island, he didn’t quite believe it. ‘I could hear a voice saying: “Are you alright?”,’ he recalls, ‘I kept saying: “Yeah,” – but I wasn’t’
Category: Articles
Launches
ABERDEEN ON-1248(17-24):Feb 9,16,19,20, Mar 29 D-536:Feb 20,Mar 28,Apr 20 ABERDOVEY B-758:Feb 19,Mar 2,Apr 21 ABERSOCH B-79ftApr 13,20,27,28 ABERYSTWYTH B-704:Feb 26 B-754:Apr 16,28 ACHILL ISLAND ON-1240(14-28):Mar21 ON-1245(14-29):Feb 19,20... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Lifeboat Services (1)
Aberdeen. Grampian 54ft Amn ON 1050: July 3 D class: July 5 Aberdovey, Gwynedd Atlantic 21: June 17, 18,26, July 7, 15 and 30 Abersoch, Gwynedd Atlantic 21: July 22 Aith, Shetland 52ft Arun ON 1100: July 7 Aldeburgh, Suffolk 37ft 6in Rather...
Category: Services
Lifeboat Services August September and October 1987
Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire Relief 52ft Arun: August 24 and 31 D class inflatable: September 7 Aberdovey, Gwynedd Atlantic21: August 1. 3, 11 and 12. 17, 28 (twice), October 5 and 25 (twice) Abersoch, Gwynedd Atlantic 21: August 16, 24,...
Category: Services
IRB Launches. Rescues by IRB's in April were Carried out by the Following Stations
SOUTHERN DISTRICT Torbay, Devon - At 3.35 p.m. on ist April, 1967, it was learned that a sailing dinghy had capsized off Paignton. The IRB was launched at 3.47 in a moderate to fresh south by westerly wind and a slight sea. It was low water....
Category: Services
Lifesaving on the edge
When lifeguards found a seriously injured man in the water, it would take three RNLI teams to bring him to safety over an island’s rocky ledges
Hoylake volunteer Marcus Swaine was already...
Category: Articles
Lifeboat Services June July and August 1981
Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire D class inflatable: August 3 Aberdovey, Gwynedd Relief Atlantic 21: June 13. 18, July 24. 25 and August 8 Abersoch, Gwynedd Atlantic 21: June 3. 4, 8, 24. July 13 (twice), 28, 29. August 6, 20 and 21 Aberystwyth,...
Category: Services
Lifeboat Services (1)
AUGUST, SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER 1991 Aberdeen, Grampian D class: October 27 Aberdovey, Gwynedd Atlantic 27: August 8,11 (twice), 12, 21, 25, 31, September 3 and October 6 Abersoch, Gwynedd Atlantic 21: August 16 (twice), 23 (three times),...
Category: Services