LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

BOULMER, NORTHUMBERLAND.—On the 26th February the fishing cobles went out line fishing at about 6 A.M., there being then a light N.E. wind. At 10 o'clock the wind shifted to the E. and commenced to blow strongly, accompanied by a very...

The Ilfracombe life-boat also went off twice on the 19th October, and saved the sloop Ann Elizabeth, of Barnstaple, and the brigantine Commodore, of Waterford, and their crews, consisting of 8 men.

During a strong gale...

Donaghadee, Co. Down.—2nd October, 1938. It had been reported that a disabled motor boat had been carried out to sea, but the boat got to Belfast unaided. Great help was given the life-boat by the military searchlights at Grey Point and...

FEBRUARY 2ND. - PORTPATRICK, WIGTOWNSHIRE.

An Anson aeroplane had been reported to have crashed in the sea, but the life-boat was recalled by the naval authorities. - Rewards, £5 16s. 6d..

DECEMBER 16TH. - PLYMOUTH, DEVON.

A naval motor boat had foundered while going ashore from minesweeper H.M.S. Tenby in a gale, but the life-boat, which made a long search, found nothing. Of the eight men in the boat, seven...

DECEMBER 18TH. - PENLEE, CORNWALL.

A German submarine had struck the Wolf Rock and sunk. Naval vessels also sent to the rescue and picked up a number of survivors. but none was rescued by the lifeboat.

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Offshore is a new grade of RNLI membership, intended especially for those who use the sea - rates and details are on the following page.

Offshore members receive various benefits - including discounts on marine...

Helvick Head, Co. Waterford. — At 1.45 in the afternoon of the 25th of October, 1948, the harbour-master tele- phoned that a small yawl, under sail, was about six miles out to sea and appeared to be in difficulties. A squally north-westerly...