On tho morning of the 16th March, during a strong gale from the E.S.E., and in a very heavy sea, tho schooner Lucie Antoinette, of Nantes, went on the Good- win Sands. Tho Life-boat Bradford and steamer Vulcan proceeded out to her, and the...
Just in case some of your readers might be wondering how I managed to get the 'Pictorial Story of an IRB Service . . .' (THE LIFE-BOAT, September 1969, centre pages), may I assure them that there was nothing rigged about it: my wife...
Category: Correspondence
Father and son trapped in cave Adifficult and dangerous service by Port Isaac's D class inshore lifeboat has led to the award of the RNLI's Thanks on Vellum to her helmsman Kevin Dingle and to a crew member, Mike Edkins.
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PORTMUCK, Co. ANTRIM. Just after noon on the 19th of October, 1943, a British aeroplane crashed into the sea about six miles south-east of Muck Island, and the Portmuck coastguard called out a local motor boat, Bl96. The sea was smooth with...
Category: Services
South East Division Three rescued in hurricane SILVER MEDAL IN THE EARLY HOURS of Friday, October 16, 1987, hurricane force south-southwesterly winds of force 16-17, gusting at times to more than 100 knots, left a trail of destruction along...
Category: Services
(Honorary Secretary, Cullercoats) EVERYWHERE in north-east England, and far beyond, "Bella, the Life-boat Lady "is known. Mrs. Bella Mattison is the nationally known character who epitomises the wives of fishermen everywhere, and...
Category: Articles
The Life-boat journal was first published at a time of immense change for the Institution. In an extract from his book Riders of the Storm, Ian Cameron recounts some of the major events from that period of the RNLI's history.The...
Category: Articles
THE LIFEGUARDS Thanks on Vellum Lifeguard Mirk John ion lor his 'courage, determination in heavy surf conditions ar d professional efficiency ' Chiel Executive's LeTter of Thanks Lifeguard Alan Wheeler for tus 'courage,...
Category: Services
Lofty lifesavers Sometimes, lifeboats need a little help from above. The Lifeboat meets the air crew who play their part in sea rescues – and who are lifesavers in their own right It’s a chilly Sunday morning on the windy, exposed airfield...
Category: Articles
Exmouth A WARM SUMMER'S DAY on the South Devon coast, royal visitors and a naming ceremony were guaranteed to bring holidaymakers, local inhabitants and lifeboat supporters to every vantage point in and around the Exmouth docks when...
Category: Inaugurations