LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Lifeboat Services
South West Division French yachtsmen saved SECOND COXSWAIN Peter Bisson was in command when St Peter Port's 52ft Arun class lifeboat, Sir William Arnold, slipped her moorings at 0950 on the morning of Sunday August 11, 1985. A report had...
Category: Services
Lifeboats and Lifeguards In Action
Silver service at Cleethorpes and Numberhe knew he was in grave danger. It would take the combined skills and courage of Cleethorpes and Number lifeboat crews to rescue Dollard in an exceptional service, winning four medals It is a rare...
Category: Services
La Francoise
French trawlermen saved IN THE WAKE OF the hurricane which swept across South East England in the early hours of October 16, 1987, many of the boats berthed at Newhaven Harbour—ripped from their moorings in the 90-knot winds—had been blown...
Summary of the Meetings of the Committee
THURSDAY, 4th Oct. 1883.
EDWARD BIRKBECK, Esq., M.Pi, V.P., in the Chair.
Read and approved the Minutes of the pre- vious meeting, and those of the Finance and Correspondence, and Wreck and Reward Sub-...
Category: Committee
A leap of faith
When a January storm savaged a sail training crew and their yacht, a lifeboat headed to their aid – but in these violent conditions, what could the RNLI volunteers do to help?
Keen sailor...
Category: Articles
Awards to Coxswains Crews and Shore Helpers
Awards To Coxswains, Crews and Shore Helpers The following coxswains, members of lifeboat crews and shore helpers were awarded certificates of service on their retirement and, in addition, those entitled to them by the Institution's...
Category: Awards
Lifeboats In Action
Injured yachtsman saved from certain deathD A mayday call from an injured sailor who had lost control of a yacht was relayed to Falmouth Coastguard on 29 October 2003.
The Royal Navy (RN) search and rescue helicopter from...
Category: Services
The Wreck Register and Chart for 1870
THE Board of Trade has recently published the Wreck Register of the United Kingdom for the past year. As usual, it is a most interesting document, convey- ing much useful information on a subject of national importance.
On...
Category: Annual Reports
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Walton and Frinton, Essex. At 4.54 p.m. on 28th October, 1965, a ship in the vicinity of Rough Towers reported having seen a distress signal from the Towers. It was further reported that a private radio transmitting station had asked for...
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MATERNITY CALL At n p.m. on I2th January, 1964, the local doctor told the honorary secretary that a maternity patient on Inishmaan Island needed urgent medical attention.
There was a strong easterly breeze with a choppy sea...