LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Barbara
Soon after midnight, on the 10-11th March, signals of distress were observed from the schooner Barbara, of Wick, an- | chored in the roadstead. As the wind was blowing a hurricane from N.N.E.
and the vessel was dragging...
Feature How Do You Prepare for a Coastal Walk?
Most of us, at some time or other, have enjoyed the experience of walking along a coastal path or beach.
To find out the hazards, the RNLI's website discussion forum, Waves, asked experts from all aspects of walking for...
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Lifeboats on the streets Dublin suffered from some severe flooding on Friday, 1 March and the RNLI stepped in to help to evacuate people from their homes as the water steadily rose. A combination of heavy rain, high winds, the highest tide...
Speed, skill, survival
The quick thinking and skill of two honeymooners and RNLI lifeguards were the difference between life and death for a jogger who went into cardiac arrest on a Cornish beach
Mawgan Porth Beach...
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Brett
Margate, Kent - At 2.35 p.m. on 31st October, 1968, a flare was sighted by the honorary secretary and the coxswain about a haJf mile north east of Margate jetty. The lifeboat North Foreland (Civil Service No. 11) with her crew already on...
Laurita Once the Kirkcudbright Lifeboat Priscilla Mcbean Built In 1921 and Still In Commission on Lake Windermere
Laurita, once the Kirkcudbright lifeboat Priscilla McBean, built in 1921 and still in commission on Lake Windermere. - View image in PDF
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Hartside and Kathleen
FLAMBOROUGH.—At noon on the 27th March a telephone message was received from Bridlington asking that the Life-boat might take provisions to the steamer Hartside, of Newcastle, which was lying off Sewerby. A gale of wind was blowing from the...
Margaret Wicks
BY BREECHES BUOY Islay, Inner Hebrides. At 3.17 a.m.
on 8th December, 1963, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that the trawler Margaret Wicks,of Fleetwood, was ashore on the Mull of Oa. There was a fresh...
Overdue at Depth
Longhope’s Tamar class lifeboat Helen Comrie was called on 11 August to help search for a missing diver after his support vessel reported him overdue.
The lifeboat’s Deputy Second Coxswain took command of the dive boat...
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