LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
AT A STORM'S MERCY
Caught in the path of Storm Abigail, the crew of a broken-down shellfish trawler needed RNLI volunteers to come to their aid – quickly
As the storm passed over them on 12 November 2015, the 12 men onboard trawlers Genesis...
Category: Articles
Services of Life-Boats of the Royal National Life-Boat Institution
WINTERTON, NORFOLK.—The look-out man having observed lights on the 27th February, 1901, the crew of the Life- boat Margaret were summoned. The nature of the lights could not be discerned and therefore it was decided to launch the Life-boat...
Category: Services
The R.A.F. Flying-Boat Walrus L.2237
Wick, Caithness-shire.—At 6.42 P.M.
on the 29th September, 1938. the coastguard reported that an aircraft had come down in the sea and was firing rockets for help. After calling out the life-boat, the coastguard, in view of...
The Lebanese S.S. Areti
Humber, Yorkshire. At 3.30 p.m.
on 2ist September, 1965, the honorary medical adviser informed the coxswain superintendent that the Lebanese S.S.
Areti off Spurn Point had a sick seaman on board who...
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SEPTEMBER 3RD. - MARGATE, KENT.
At 10.15 A.M. the coastguard reported that a man had dropped by parachute into the sea seven miles N.E. of Reculver. The sea was smooth, with a light N.W. wind. The motor life-boat J. B....
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We Ask the Questions
The media team Television, radio and newspapers allow the RNLI to speak to the public and this can enhance public perception, attract new supporters and reinforce current support. The RNLI employs a small team who regularly communicate with...
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Ugunjeema
Two days later—Sunday—a violent northerly gale, with blinding showers of snow and sleet prevailed, and at about 3 P.M. a barque was observed off Skate- raw, displaying signals of distress. The Life-boat William Arthur Milhvard was at...
New Ways of Raising Money
Mr. J. L. Tillett, a leading member of the Norwich Round Table (which paid for the IRB at Happisburgh) is a jeweller by trade. He made some delightful miniature badges depicting a life-boat, in gold and colour, which were sold at the Norfolk...
Category: Donations
Two Naval Speed Boats
MAY 26TH. GREAT YARMOUTH AND GORLESTON, NORFOLK. At 12.35 P.M.
a message was received from the Caister alert station that two naval speed boats had gone aground on the Scroby Sand. A light S.S.E.
breeze...