LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Pier rescue on the Isle of Man
DOUGLAS | 11 SEPTEMBER
Douglas RNLI lifeboat crew rescued a man who had fallen into the water from Victoria Pier. The volunteers launched their all-weather lifeboat Sir William Hillary at 10.15pm. They...
Category: Articles
Starting Them Young
I am sending you this photo of my grandson Liam and the members of the Craster lifeboat hoping you can print it in the magazine, as Liam is a member of Storm Force (the RNLI's club for children). Liam's daddy, Ben, had a collection... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Vixen
About 1 A.M.
on the 9th March the schooner Vixen of Fowey was wrecked on the beach about two and a half miles to the north of Palling. She was laden with burnt ore and was bound from London to the Tyne. The crew consisted...
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Sea Cities of the Future
OFFSHORE cities, each with a population of 30,000 or more, and providing all the facilities and amenities of land-based ones, seem like a fantasy from science fiction, yet they could become a reality in a matter of...
Category: Articles
Ranger
New Brighton, Cheshire.—At 12.53 in the afternoon of the 2nd of August, 1948, the Mersey Docks and Harbour Board reported that a fishing boat had capsized and the crew were clinging to C.ll Black Buoy. A moderate north- westerly breeze was...
The wreck of the Hindlea
The scars left by the wreck of the Royal Charter run deep among local people. The storm and the appalling loss of life have become a grim legend and on the centenary of the shipwreck in October 1959 a service of remembrance was held at...
Category: Articles
An R.A.F. Aeroplane (2)
APRIL 1ST. - CLOVELLY, DEVON. An R.A.F. aeroplane had come down into the sea very near the shore, but the help of the life-boat was not needed. - Rewards, £8 0S. 6d..
The White Star Cargo Vessel The Bardic
About 1.30 in the morning of 31st August, in very thick weather, with a moderate sea, the White Star cargo vessel, the Bardic, of 7,000 tons, ran on the Maenheck Rock, about half a mile south-west of the Life-boat Station at The Lizard. The...
The Annual Meetings
The South Bank Meetings 1989 The Annual General Meeting Presentation of Awards for 1988Once again the RNLI's annual meetings - held at the South Bank in London on 16 May - were able to reflect on a very successful 12 months for the...
Category: Meetings