LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Shoreline
SHORELINE STAFF wish all members and everyone connected with the RNLI a happy and successful new year.
October 1974 was a landmark for us, when the 20,000th Shoreline member was enrolled. This member was 12-yearold Linda...
Category: Articles
May
St. Ives, Cornwall. On the afternoon of the 25th of June, 1958, anxiety was felt by local fisherman for the safety of the fishing boat May, of St. Ives, as she had not returned from the fishing grounds. The wind was freshening quickly to...
Midnight
Weymouth, Dorset.—At 6.45 on the morning of the 20th of July, 1956, the Wyke coastguard telephoned that a yacht was out of control twenty-five miles south-west of Portland Bill and needed help. At seven o'clock the life-boat William and...
A Catamaran Floral Dancer
Catamaran out of control A CATAMARAN, Floral Dancer of Falmouth with a crew of three aboard, out of control and needing help was reported to the honorary secretary of Sennen Cove lifeboat station by HM Coastguard at 1347 on Saturday February...
Aquila
Ramsgate, Kent.—At 7.43 on the morn- ing of the 16th of May, 1954, the coastguard telephoned that the yacht Aquila had gone ashore at West Ray Point. At 7.52 the life-boat Michael and Lily Davis put to sea. There was a moderate sea, and a...
Sgiandubh
Amble, Northumberland. At 4.42 on the afternoon of the 9th July, 1961, the coastguard informed the honorary sec- retary that two men had been seen cling- ing to a dinghy which had capsized at the north end of Coquet Island. There was a light...
Bournemouth Gilbert and Sullivan Accompanist Mrs Jean Hancock
Music to the RNLI's ears! Bournemouth Gilbert and Sullivan accompanist Mrs Jean Hancock tries to find the tune on a £500 cheque presented by the society's chairman Mr Gilbert Clayton to Mr Doug Reeves, honorary secretary of... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Bear-Faced Support
When Woodley branch held its flag day in the local shopping precinct this year, they borrowed a model lifeboat from Windsor branch which created a great deal of interest, especially from the children.
On the same day Rupert... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
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ANOTHER MATERNITY CASE Tobermory, Argyllshire.—On January 20th, 1947, a doctor telephoned asking for the life-boat to convey to Oban a woman with child, who was dangerously ill. The only hope of saving her life was to get her to Oban...
Garland
Barmouth, Merionethshire - At 2.3 a.m. on 5th October, 1968, the coastguard reported that the ketch Garland Stone was aground on the causeway north of Barmouth and was leaking badly. The life-boat The Chieftain was launched at 2.19. It was...