LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Vessel (10)
Nov. 23RD. - MARGATE, KENT. A message had been received from the coastguard that a vessel was sinking four miles east of the Tongue Light-vessel. The life-boat was launched at 4.15 P.M. When she reached the position given she could see a...
The Sailing Barge Saltcote Belle
NOVEMBER 17TH. - CLACTON - ON - SEA, ESSEX. Early in the evening the coastguard reported that red flares had been seen from a sailing barge aground in Spitway, and at 7.32 P.M. the motor life-boat Edward Z.
Dresden was...
Fishing Cobles (1)
DECEMBER 19TH. - NEWBIGGIN - BY - THE - SEA, NORTHUMBERLAND. Eight cobles were out fishing, and a fresh northerly wind was blowing, with a moderate sea. At 11.45 in the morning the life-boat station received a message from the coastguard...
The Ex-Belgian Motor Vessel Margurette Marie Louise
OCTOBER 12TH. - THE LIZARD, CORNWALL.
At 6.10 in the evening information was received from the coastguard that a small steamer was flashing an S.O.S., and the motor life-boat Duke of York was launched at 6.37. A fresh...
Message from the Duke of Kent
At the annual meeting, held on loth. July, Sir Godfrey Baring, Bt., chairman of the Institution, read a message from H.R.H. the Duke of Kent, K.G., President of the Institution, in which His Royal Highness said: "I want to convey my...
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Two Medals for Hastings.
Coxswain John Muggridge, of Hastings, on his first service in command of the life-boat, won the bronze medal, for rescuing seven lives from one of H.M. trawlers.
She had gone ashore and the life-boat found her at daybreak...
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Olympic Dreams
RNLI Lifeguard Kerry Blewett has been selected to train for the 2012 Olympics as part of Team GB. Kerry entered a UK Sport and English Institute of Sport talent recruitment drive to find female athletes to take up sprint...
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Climbing Crew
Two 12-year-old boys were out exploring the north Devon coastline when they got cut off by the tide 10m up a cliff.
Several passers-by reported the boys’ predicament to the Coastguard, which requested the launch of...
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The Admiralty Motor Fishing Vessel No. 641
FEBRUARY 24TH. - ABERYSTWYTH, CARDIGANSHIRE. At 4.20 in the morning the naval base at Milford Haven asked through the coastguard that the life-boat be sent to search for a dinghy which had been reported by an aeroplane about twelve miles...
Hero squad
CBBC’s new TV show Hero Squad is essential viewing for children who dream of going to the rescue one day. Three of the episodes focus on what it’s like to be an RNLI lifesaver.
A group of 12–14-year-olds came to RNLI...
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