LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
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CHILD HELPED At 1.30 p.m. on yth March, 1966, the local doctor informed the honorary secretary that a one year old child on Inishere Island required medical attention and, as no other boat was available, he requested the help of the...
A Dinghy
GirS caught in Dinghy rigging TWO PEOPLE clinging to a capsized dinghy one mile offshore, south of Towyn, were reported to Aberdovey honorary secretary by the Coastguard at 1220 on Friday, April 4.
The ILB launched at 1225....
Dodo V
Girvan, Ayrshire. At one o'clock early on the morning of the 16th July, 1961, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a yacht had broken down because of a defect in her steering six miles north of Corsewall Point. A num- ber...
Laurel, of Goole
On the llth Janu- ary the schooner Laurel, of Goole, came on shore, during a strong wind and heavy sea.
The Parsee life-boat, which was immediately launched, succeeded in saving the crew of 3 ...
Champion
lives depend on the RNL1. And the kind of dependability the RNLI needs to save them is Champion dependability.
So Champiow spark plugs are fitted exclusively to the "vinrude Ski-Twin 40 h.p. engines which power their...
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Annette Cathelina
On the night of the 5th January the sloop Annette Caihelina ran ashore off Palling Gap. The life-boat at once proceeded to her, and took off her crew of 3 men, landing them safely.
Alderman J. G. Oldfield, J.P., of Whitehaven
ALDERMAN J. G. OLDFIELD, of White- haven, Cumberland, who died on 8th May at the age of eighty, was for thirty- five years of his life the Honorary Secre- tary of the Whitehaven Life-boat Station. He found time for this work in the midst of...
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Caroline in real life
Mum, wife, broadcaster and self-styled nosey parker Caroline Quentin explains how her new series brought her up close and personal with lifeboating
‘Oh do shut up darlings!’ calls Caroline...
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M.V. Futurity and Little Slam (1)
Collision A COLLISION IN DENSE FOG between MV Futurity and the motorboat Little Slam some three miles south east of Littlehampton was reported to the honorary secretary of Shoreham Harbour lifeboat station at 1510 on Saturday May 12, 1979....
With courage, nothing is impossible
The new RNLI memorial in Poole is a sculptural celebration of humanity at its best. But how did such an inspirational landmark come into being?
On a corner plot by a busy road, a metallic structure glints in the sunlight....
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