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On the night of the 28th April the coastguard tele- phoned that two men had been ma- rooned at the foot of the cliffs at Capel Llockwyd, near South Stack. One of them had been rescued by lines from the top of the cliffs, but the other...
The Mostyn Pilot Vessel
THREE LIFE-BOATS SEARCH FOR PILOT VESSEL Hoylake, Cheshire. At 5.31 on the afternoon of the 10th April, 1963, the coastguard informed the motor mechanic that the Rhyl life-boat had launched to search for the Mostyn pilot vessel, which was...
Naming the Port Askaig Motor Life-Boat
Miss Elizabeth Sinclair, the donor, at the microphone, with the Duke of Montrose, and the district inspector. - View image in PDF
(See page 523.). - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
A Small Sailing Boat
Swanage, Dorset.—4th August, 1938.
A small sailing boat had capsized, but was helped at once by a motor boat.— Rewards, £4 19s. Gd..
An Aeroplane (30)
MARCH 6TH. - PORTPATRICK, WIGTOWNSHIRE.
A British aeroplane had been reported down at sea, but nothing was found. - Rewards, £12 16s. 3d..
Colette
Margate, Kent - At 10.14 p.m. on 15th April, 1968, it was reported that a cabin cruiser was aground on the rocks three-quarters of a mile from Foreness point. The life-boat North Foreland (Civil Service No. 11) was launched at 10.30 in a...
A new life with the RNLI
Whether they’re facing the toughest conditions at sea or giving tireless hours to fundraise, RNLI volunteers show enormous dedication to saving lives at sea. We meet five people who left home in search of a new life – and found the...
Category: Articles
Cruser and Raven
About half-past four on the 7th July two small yawl-rigged yachts, the Cruiser and Raven, were observed by Holy Island fishermen to be running south before the wind off Berwick.
About 7 P.M. it was seen that these vessels...
Saved By a Motor Lifeboat
While sifting through film archives at RNLI headquarters in Poole, The Lifeboat's editorial assistant, Jon Jones discovered an unknown and very rusty film canister...
The mysterious canister was handed to Sue Denny,...
Category: Articles
Lancet
FILEY.—Signals of distress having been shown by the brig Lancet, of Whitby, the Life-boat placed here during the temporary absence of the station's boat, which was undergoing alteration, was launchedat 6.45 A.M. on the llth January, in a...