LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Dorothea
At 4.30 A.M. on the 21st February the Albert Edward Life-boat was launched, signals having been fired by the Swin Middle, Light-vessel. The morning was bitterly cold; a very strong wind was blowing from the N.E., and the sea was very rough....
New Dawn and Annette
Bembridge, Isle of Wight. At 7.14 on the evening of the 25th of June, 1958, the Foreland coastguard told the honorary secretary that a yacht was anchored in a dangerous position in heavy seas half a mile south-west of Sandown pier. At 7.26...
The Royal Bank of Scotland Plc
AFFINITY WITH 5?5£ The R°yal Bank 7l of Scotland pic DO YOU USE A CREDIT CARD? If you do, or you are considering re-arranging your finances in any way you could be helping directly to fund the RNLI with every transaction you make...
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Helvick Head (Dungarvan Bay), Co.
Waterford. — 4th September, 1939.
What looked like a burning aeroplane was reported to have been seen to drop into the sea but nothing was found.— No rewards; launch...
Gifts from Crews
ON the 8th October, 1926, the Aberdovey Life-boat rescued the crew of four of the ketch Madge, of Chester, and saved the vessel. Out of the salvage money received the Crew have given £5 11s. to the Institution.
On...
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No. C.679
Swanage, Dorset. At 10.27 on the morning of the 10th of December, 1958, the coastguard passed on to the honorary secretary a report from a Dakota aircraft that a large barge had been seen adrift ten miles south-south- east of Anvil Point. At...
Harry Mitchell
Listing coaster HUMBER COASTGUARD informed Superintendent Coxswain Brian Bevan of Humber lifeboat station at 2256 on Sunday December 13, 1981, that the coaster Harry Mitchell was north of Humber Lightvessel with her cargo shifted and a list...
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Swim between the flag You'll hear again and again from RNLI Beach Lifeguards: 'Always swim where there is a lifeguard on patrol and stay inside the area marked by the red and yellow flags.' On a sunny day at Perranporth, Cornwall...
Crackerjack
A SERVICE AND A FALSE ALARM Selsey, Sussex. At 6.4 p.m. on Thursday the 29th August, 1963, the coastguard reported to the assistant honorary secretary that a merchant ship had taken the yacht Crackerjack, of Southampton, with a crew of two,...
The Story of a Goose
ON Sunday morning, 8th February, the Ramsey Life-boat went out to a ketch which was seen to be flying signals of distress a little way outside the harbour.
A strong breeze was blowing, but the sea was smooth and the...
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