LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Duenna
St. Peter Port, Guernsey. — In the evening of the 7th of August, 1948, a Dutch yacht, the Duenna, an auxiliary ketch, with twin screws, of 140 tons, was anchored outside the harbour.
She had six on board, including...
May
Launches 26 Lives rescued 25 The War ended on the last minute of the 8th of May
MAY 9TH. - TORBAY, DEVON. A dinghy attached to a naval motor launch was seen by the life-boat coxswain to capsize off Fishcombe Point,...
Category: Services
Feature: Lifeboat Lottery
Every ticket counts The Lifeboat Lottery has been raising essential funds for over 25 years. During this time it has raised in excess of £12M - so thank you to all those who have supported the RNLI in this way Thanks to changes in...
Category: Articles
Lady Amanda
Injured couple rescued from yacht aground in heavy surfThe Chairman of the RNLI, Michael Vernon, has written a letter of congratulation to helmsman William Walker-Jones of Criccieth's inshore lifeboat following the rescue of two people...
Gerassimos Vergottis and Van Ostade
JULY 1ST. - PENLEE, AND THE LIZARD, CORNWALL. During thick fog the Greek steamer Gerassimos Vergottis and the Dutch steamer Van Ostade had collided, and the Greek steamer had been badly damaged.
The life-boats could not...
Poole Open Days July 22-24
LAST JULY, for the first time in its history and as one of its contributions to Maritime England Year, the Institution opened its head office and depot at Poole to the public. It was an entirely new departure which provided a unique...
Category: Articles
Isabella and Nina
On the morning of the 20th June the coast- guard reported that a small local fishing boat, the Isabella and Nina, with one man on board, was fishing south of Dundonnie Head, and as a strong gale was blowing from the north, and the sea was...
Your Letters
The North West Passage - who was first? I am most concerned to read in The Lifeboat that David Scott- Cowper in the ex-lifeboat Mabel E. Holland carried out the first single handed navigation of the 2,000 mile North West...
Category: Correspondence
Rosebank
Wick, Caithness-shire. At 3.15 on the afternoon of the 2nd of December, 1959, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the fishing vessel Rosebank of Wick appeared to be in distress in Sinclair Bay. At 3.40 the life-boat City of...
In Conference
The RNLI's Head of Public Relations, Edward Wake-Walker, concludes his report from the 1995 International Lifeboat Conference with a look at the development of new lifeboats around the world and initiatives to improve safety at sea There...
Category: Meetings