LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Austility
LOADED WITH PETROL St. David's, Pembrokeshire. At 1.10 p.m. on gth May, 1964, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that the owners of the motor vessel Austility, of London, laden with petrol, had broken down and was dragging her...
Heritage Publications
144 pages Many of the most stirring tales of 'the men who never turn back'— the crews of the R.N.L.I.—arc included from the very beginning of the service to today. So, too, are the stories of rescue and heroics by others including...
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The shark-baiting, tank-commanding granny!
She has already driven a tank and swum with sharks in aid of the RNLI this year – and now 77-year-old Jean Shields wants to drive a high-speed racing car. Jean, President of the RNLI’s Troon Fundraising Branch, raised almost £500 for...
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Which way is the beach?
Summer’s here, and our lifeguards are back on patrol. This year, they're on more than 180 beaches around the UK.
New beaches with RNLI lifeguard patrols this year include Cranfield, Murlough and Tyrella in Co Down;...
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Harmston
About 7 A.M. on the 3rd November, the same Life-boat launched to the brigantine Harmston, of Newcastle-on-Tyne, which vessel was stranded on the Middle Cross Sand off Caister. A gale from the S.S.E, was blowing, with the usual heavy seas on...
The Bradford Exchange
A field full of poppies swaying in the brce/e. brightening the countryside with their crimson splendour, is a inily beautiful sight to behold. Now ni can enjoy one of Britain's most popular flowers in all its shimmering glory all-year...
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The S.S. Verbormilia
FEBRUARY 6TH. - ST. ABBS, BERWICKSHIRE.
Just after 11 P.M. information wasreceived from the coastguard that a vessel was ashore west of Fast Castle Point. The motor life-boat Annie Ronald and Isabella Forrest was launched...
Life-Boat Calendar for 1930
Reproduction of a Painting by Mr. Charles Dixon, R.I.
As in previous years, the Institution is issuing this autumn a Life-boat Calendar for next year. We feel that there is no better way of keeping the work of the...
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Lady Molly
FOUR WOMEN AND A DOG TAKEN OFF YACHT Margate, Kent. At 7.47 on the evening of the 8th July, 1962, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a yacht had fired two distress signals off Botany Bay. The life-boat North Foreland (Civil...
A Trip In a Swedish Rescue-Cruiser
(Member of the crew of the Beaumaris life-boat) IT was seven o'clock in the morning and raining slightly as I walked through the deserted streets of Gote- borg down to the docks where I was to board the Swedish rescue-cruiser Wilh: R....
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