LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
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SMALL BOY MAROONED ON ROCK Torbay, Devon. At 5.44 on the evening of the 12th September, 1962, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a young boy was marooned on Cradle Rock. It was not possible for the coastguard to send down a...
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GRACE DARLING LIFE-BOAT TAKES FOOD TO LIGHTHOUSE North Sunderland, Northumberland.
At 1.50 on the afternoon of the 9th January, 1963, the local representative of Trinity House asked if the life-boat would take supplies to...
Therese
YACHT ESCORTED UP RIVER New Brighton, Cheshire. At 11.40 on the morning of the 22nd June, 1963, a message was received that a yacht needed help north of Rock lighthouse, and ten minutes later the life-boat White Star, on temporary duty at...
Whitehaven
Appledore, Devon. At 12.20 a.m.
on 15th December, 1963, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the motor vessel Whitehaven, of Newcastle, had a seriously injured seaman aboard who had severed a thumb and needed...
Boy's Own
Flamborough, Yorkshire. At 2.45 on the afternoon of the 30th of September, 1958, the coxswain told the honorary secretary that two local fishing cobles were at sea. As the weather was deteriorating, the life-boat Friendly Forester was...
Girl Petrina
Peterhead, Aberdeenshire. At 2.16 on the afternoon of the 14th of March, 1959, the coaslguard passed on to the honorary secretary a report from Buchanness lighthouse that the engine of a motor fishing vessel had broken down about a mile and...
A Rowing Boat
Coverack, Cornwall. At 10.10 on the night of the 21st of July, 1959, the motor mechanic told the honorary secretary that a rowing boat with two people on board was unable to return to harbour because of the strong wind and ebb tide. At 10.45...
London International Boat Show 1980
FOR THE FIRST TIME ever the RNLI had two different stands at Earls Court and for many of the thousands of visitors there was no doubt that the lifeboats were stars of the show. The spotlight fell on us time and again allowing us to give a...
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Coaster escort Another service which made the headlines was carried out by the Hastings and Eastbourne lifeboats on 14 November 1993.
The coaster Tern was badly down by the head and in severe difficulties 10 miles off the...
An American Flying Fortress
AUGUST 5TH. - BERWICK - ON - TWEED, NORTHUMBERLAND. At 11.10 A.M. information was received from the resident naval officer at Berwick that an aeroplane was down in the sea off Berwick high lighthouse.
She was an American...