LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Fishing Boat (4)
Plymouth, Devon. At 11.54 on the morning of the 19th August, 1961, the coastguard look-out at Breakwater Fort informed the honorary secretary that a small fishing boat had capsized off Mewstone. There was a moderate north- westerly breeze...
Hasty Lady
Engine failure THERE WAS A northerly near gale, force 7, blowing and a rough sea when the relief 47ft Watson class lifeboat, T.G.B., on temporary duty at Lowestoft, left her mooring at 1832 on the evening of Friday October 5, 1984. She was...
The Ministry of Defence Range Finder M.V. Dolwen
Fire rescue WHEN THE Ministry of Defence range finder m.v. Dolwen was reported on fire nine miles out on December 8, 1972, the Fishguard, Pembrokeshire, lifeboat was alerted.
At 4.37 p.m. the Howard Marryat, a 46-foot...
Brittania Rescue
•' We've been voted road rescue 'Best Buy' for the 4th time in a row by the UK's leading consumer testing magazine, that's just one of the reasons why the RNLI has made us their official membership motoring scheme for...
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The Danish Fishing Vessel, J. N. Fibiger, of Hirtshals
OCTOBER 14TH. - THE HUMBER, YORKSHIRE.
About 9.20 at night the life-boat watchman reported a vessel aground on the Binks, but she got off and steamed south-east only to stop on the Outer Binks. Half an hour later the port...
The Admiralty Tank-Landing Craft 4CVC
DECEMBER 15TH - 19TH. - PORT ASKAIG, HEBRIDES. At 9.15 at night the Kilchoman coastguard reported a vessel ashore at Black Rock, Jura. A strong south-cast wind was blowing, with a heavy sea. Sleet was falling and the night was dark. The...
S.S. Kollskegg
JULY 21ST. - SWANAGE, DORSET. At 6.14 P.M. the coastguard reported a vessel on fire some ten miles or more to the S.E. A westerly breeze was blowing, with a moderate swell. The motor life-boat Thomas Markby was launched at 6.27 P.M., and...
The Civil Service Life-Boat Fund
THE annual meeting of the Committee was held on the 10th January last, at the General Post Office, Mr. W. H. HAINES, of the House of Lords, presiding. The report, read by Mr. CHARLES DIBDIN, F.R.G.S., the honorary secretary, stated that the...
Category: Meetings
A Steam-Launch
SIDMOUTH.—On the morning of the 23rd May H.M.S. Lively, with the DUKE and DUCHESS of EDINBURGH and suite on board, arrived off Sidmouth, and came into the bay, in order that his Royal Highness might land and inspect the Coastguard Station....
Specialist training for new crew, supported by The LRET
With only 1 in 10 joining the RNLI from a professional maritime occupation, training is especially important. Formerly, inshore and all-weather crew were trained separately – now, they are taught the core skills together, increasing both...
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