LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
An Ex-Naval Picket Boat
ENGINE-ROOM FLOODED Selsey, Sussex.—At 2.35 in the after- noon of the 20th of April, 1947, the coastguard reported a boat in distress between the eastern entrance to Chichester Harbour and Wittering Beach. A moderate south-westerly breeze...
An Aeroplane (13)
APRIL 18TH. - ST. DAVID’S, PEMBROKESHIRE.
An aeroplane had come down in the sea, but her crew of two were lost and a fishing boat picked up their dinghy.- Rewards, £4 13s..
The Fundraisers
Rowing raisers No apologies for featuring RNLI fundraisers the Hythe Hookers again - these ladies are always seen to be up to something intriguing! On New Year's Day they dressed up as cops and robbers and took part in the annual Maldon...
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TRAPPED IN AN INFERNO
EASTBOURNE | 22 MARCH
Two men in Eastbourne had a lucky escape when their motor cruiser went up in flames. Local fishermen pulled them to safety and used the cruiser’s anchor to prevent it from drifting towards the pier. There was...
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RNLI FAMILY: THE LIFE OF THE CHARITY
Celebrating the RNLI family, past and present
Happy retirement, Elsie
Elsie Miller, Honorary Secretary at Ramsgate RNLI, is stepping down from her role after celebrating an impressive 64 years of volunteering at...
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The Fundraisers
Jazz on a different day Cheltenham branch has recently circulated some 1,000 copies of its busy fundraising diary-but unfortunately the date of the Jazz train event, originally scheduled for 27 July 1996, has had to be changed to 3 August...
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An Aeroplane and Dinghy
FEBRUARY 9TH. - KILLYBEGS, CO. DONEGAL. At 4.45 in the afternoon the military look-out post at Mullaghmore telephoned that an aeroplane had crashed in the sea one mile from the post, and that the airmen were taking to their dinghy. A...
Loch Fada and the L.C.T. Stalker
Campbeltown, Argyllshire. — On the afternoon of the 4th of February, 1951, the Southend coastguard reported a message received from the naval authorities that the frigate Loch Fada, towing the L.C.T. Stalker, south-east of Sanda, found...
Great Yarmouth and Gorleston: Ilb Crew Member H E "Dilly" Appleton With the Youngest of 121 People Taken Off the Pleasure Cruiser Queen of the Broads Which Ra
Great Yarmouth and Gorleston: ILB Crew Member H. E. "Dilly" Appleton with the youngest of 121 people taken off the pleasure cruiser Queen of the Broads which ran aground on Breydon Water in thick fog on Tuesday June 19. After being... - View image in PDF
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The Life-Boat Stations of the United Kingdom
THE ISLE OF PURBECK, AND ITS LIFE- BOATS.
XLI. — SWANAGE.— The Charlotte and Mary, 35 feet by 9 feet, 10 oars.
XLII.—KIMERIDGE.—The Mary Heape, 28 feet by 6 feet 8 inches, 5 oars.
THIS...
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