LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Our Inland Branches
THE question may be asked, what hare the com- munities living incur large commercial centres, and the large inland towns of the United King- dom, in common with the work of the life-saving apparatus on the sea coast ? Why should they be...
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Fraternity
RAMSGATE.—On the 2nd March, at 10.10 P.M., signal guns and rockets were fired by the Gull Lightship. The Vulcan steamtug and Bradford Life-boat went out, and were informed that a large flare light had been seen on the sands. They steered in...
John Dory
Two capsizes A SMALL COBLE, John Dory, with four anglers on board was reported capsized close inshore off Cullercoats, l'/2 miles north of Tyne Piers, on Sunday morning February 22. The message came toTyne Coastguard from the coble...
Fryken
Hartlepool, Durham.—At 10.5 on the night of the 24th of September, 1949, in dense fog, the coastguard telephoned that he thought the motor vessel Fryken, of Kristinehamm, Sweden, was on the rocks near the Heugh lighthouse; and at 10.35 the...
Surf's up!
With enormous surf breaking violently around them, how could two hypothermic men possibly escape their rocky prison?
Whipsiderry Bay is one of Cornwall’s ‘hidden gems’ that sees surfers catching waves all year round. So it...
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Saturnus
JANUARY 3lST. - DOUGLAS, ISLE OF MAN. At 11 A.M. the Ramsey life-boat station reported that a vessel with a barrage balloon attached was drifting towards Maughold Head, but that owing to the state of the tide the Ramsey life-boat could not...
Methodist Sunday School Interest
THE lesson proposed for the senior department of Methodist Sunday schools for Sunday the 18th of August was devoted to the work of the Institution. The notes issued on the senior course gave a brief account of the organisation of the service...
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Feature: Shoreworks
We ask the questions Providing lifeboats is an essential part of the RNLI, but making sure the facilities are in place to launch them is equally important. The building and upkeep of lifeboat stations and facilities is down to the shoreworks...
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Shoreline and Storm Force
Membership survey LAST YEAR questionnaires were sent to 2,000 Shoreline members in a survey which aimed to find out more about membership to help future recruiting.
Over 1,000 completed forms were returned and analysed by...
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A Small Boat from a Trawler
FEBRUARY 8TH. - RAMSGATE, KENT.
Three R.A.F. men were engaged in salving an aeroplane on the Goodwin Sands. They were working in a small boat from a trawler.
Their boat capsized leaving them stranded on...