LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Rip denied
On a sunny May afternoon, families flocked to the Cornish seaside for half-term. But it was no holiday for RNLI lifeguards at Porthtowan and Perranporth, who saved four lives from a strong rip current
Porthtowan Beach,...
Category: Articles
Inshore Rescue Boats on Service
From ist April to 30th June, 1964, inshore rescue boats were launched on service 76 times. On nine occasions—described in chronological order below—they were able to rescue people in difficulties.
Walmer, Kent. At 4.14...
Category: Services
An Aeroplane (18)
MAY 26TH. - LYTHAM-ST. ANNE’S, LANCASHIRE. An aeroplane crashed into the sea, but no survivors were found. - Rewards, £6 7s. 6d..
A Small Boat, a Racing Dinghy and a Yacht
Falmouth, Cornwall. — About six o'clock on the evening of the 25th of August, 1957, the St. Anthony coast- guard reported that a small boat appeared to be in difficulty off St.
Mawes harbour. The life-boat Crawford and...
And More Books
and more books continued from page 179 Standing Into Danger Two Hundred Years of Lifeboat Service in the River Tay and St Andrews Bay by Andrew Jeffrey published by the Dundee Branch of the RNLI at £8.95 ISBN 0-9527568-0-3 This...
Category: Articles
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MAY 1 3TH. - ST. ABBS, BERWICKSHIRE.
The body of an airman had been seen floating in the sea and at 4.25 in the afternoon the motor life-boat Annie Ronald and Isabella Forrest was launched. A moderate E.N.E. wind was...
M. E. Johnson
Rossi "--• „ Co. Wexford.—On the 20th ^ uoer, 1938, the crew of four of the motor schooner M. E.
Johnson, of Dublin, were rescued, and from the 21st to 23rd December, the life-boat rendered salvage services to the...
Feature: Lifeboating - An Education
Many colleges have their own sports teams, but how many can claim to have their own lifeboat crew? At Atlantic College, a crew made up of teachers and students is on call, ready to swap the classrooms and quarters at St Donat's Castle...
Category: Articles
Ipswich Branch
This caravan has generously been lent permanently by the Ingham family of Nacton to Ipswich branch to help with souvenir sales. Here Mrs R.
Ingham (I) hands over the keys to Mrs P. Olsen, chairman of the branch, with Mr M.... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Ceremonies
Portaferry, May 9, 1987 There was a large gathering for the naming ceremony and service of dedication of the new Portaferry Atlantic 21 lifeboat Blue Peter V. The occasion included the official opening of the new boathouse, made possible...
Category: Inaugurations