LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Morecambe Opening Ceremony
Over 200 people gathered on the promenade at Morecambe on 11 September 1999 for the official opening of Morecambe lifeboat station.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Above: Sea Safety Manager Peter Bradley
Above: Sen safety manager Peter Bradley is interviewed by GMTV's Lara Logan at the launch of the Beach Rescue pilot. - View image in PDF
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Water works
Southern Water donated over £33,000 to the RNLI in 2009. The money was raised through a charity ball and a race day.
The company will continue to support the RNLI through 2010, and hopes to repeat the success of the...
Category: Articles
Just in time
Beaumaris lifeboat was called out to a mayday on 25 May.
A 7m boat had a rope caught around her propeller. Without power, she was drifting fast – when the lifeboat arrived on scene she was just 3m away from the rocks off...
Category: Articles
A Raft (1)
FEBRUARY 11TH. - PLYMOUTH, DEVON.
The Belgian steamer Persier, of Antwerp, had been sunk by enemy action four miles north of the Eddystone, but the life-boat was re-called by wireless by the naval authorities. In the early...
Daring
BALLYCOTTON, CORK,—The fishing yawl Daring, of Ballycotton, was overtaken by a sadden gale from the W.N.W. while lifting her nets in the bay at about 11.30 A,M. on the 17th October, The crew were unable to pull against the wind and broke...
LEWIS CREESE
LEWIS CREESE
COXSWAIN | ANGLE
On a shout like this, when the crew has been woken up in the early hours of the morning and they’re tired, it helps that everything is already second nature to them. For Jordan (Tuckwell,... - View image in PDF
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Maria, of Ymuiden
APRIL 13TH. - ABERDEEN. News was received that a vessel was ashore on Aberdeen beach, and at 7 in the morning the No. 1 motor life-boat Emma Constance was launched. The easterly breeze was light, but there was a heavy swell with a breaking...
Marshall
BOULMER.—A boat, containing four men, being observed off Boulmer during a strong W.N.W. wind and a high sea on the 4th March, the Life-boat Robin Hood of Nottingham put off to her assistance at 7 A.M., and brought ashore the boat and the...
Fishing Boats
A sudden gale from the E.N.E. sprang up on the morning of the 4th December, when the fishing-boats had just reached the fishing-ground. As the sea rose very high, only one boat attempted to shoot any lines; all the others ran for the bay.<...