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Cordoba
KINGSDOWNE;.—A large steamer was reported to be ashore between St. Margaret's Bay and Hope Point on the morningmorning of the 25th November. A stronggale was blowing from the W.S.W., there was a heavy sea, and the weather was thick with...
Irish public answers MAYDAY
On 1 May, the people of Ireland got behind their volunteer lifeboat crews as part of the MAYDAY campaign, supported by food company John West. We asked the public to donate or hold a fundraising event – and the support blew us away. So much...
Category: Articles
Alice
Ramsgate, Kent.—At 1.41 on the afternoon of the 17th of May, 1955, the coastguard telephoned that a cargo vessel was listing heavily near Gull Stream Buoy. At 1.53 the life- boat Greater London, Civil Service No.
3, on...
Bless You, Darling
A woman life-boat supporter, writing from Italy, recently said that in Chichester on Life-boat Day, 'y°u will not find a single citizen without the life- boat badge'. She added: 'In 1967 my warming experience was the...
Category: Correspondence
New! Online Magazine
Lifeboat is especially for loyal, regular givers and members like you. But there is also a new online magazine for everyone interested in the RNLI – with content you can’t get in a quarterly print publication, such as videos and recent...
Category: Articles
R. T. B.
On the 15th February at about 5 P.M., while a whole gale was blowing from W.8.W., accompanied by a very heavy sea and thick weather with rain, the ketch R. T. B., of Bridgwater, laden with flour from Plymouth for Cardiff, was seen about two...
Hiram
GORLESTON.—On the 15th November at 2 A.M., while a fresh and increasing breeze was blowing from the N.N.E., with a rough sea and foggy weather, flares were seen in the direction of the North Sand.
The crew of the Gorleston...
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NOV. 2 4 T H . - CROMER, NORFOLK.
Flares had been seen, but the life-boat could find no vessel in distress. - Rewards, £26 9s. 6d..
White Wings
Arranmore, Co. Donegal. At 7 p.m.
on 9th December, 1965, the honorary secretary was told that the local fishing boat White Wings was dragging her moorings and was in danger of becoming a complete wreck. There was no one...
The S.S. Sylvafield
DOCTOR TO A SCALDED MAN Donaghadee, Co. Down.—At 2.30 in the afternoon of February 12th, 1947, a firm of shipping agents in Belfast tele- phoned requesting the help of the life- boat to take a doctor out to a vessel at anchor in Carrick...