LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Paschal
FRENCH TRAWLER TAKEN IN TOW Galway Bay. At 10.45 on the morning of the 15th August, 1962, Valentia radio station reported that the trawler Paschal of Lorient, which had a crew of thirteen, had fouled her propeller and needed help immediately...
A Dinghy (3)
New Brighton, Cheshire - At noon on 28th September, 1969, it was learnt that a dinghy was in difficulties off the Derby bathing pool. The lifeboat Norman B. Corlett slipped her moorings at 12.13 in a near gale force westerly wind with a...
Nona
Newcastle, Co. Down. — At 4.20 on the afternoon of the 9th of August, 1952, a R.A.F. officer at Glasdrumman telephoned that a yacht appeared to be in difficulties about three miles off Glasdrumman. She was drifting sea- wards broadside to...
With courage, nothing is impossible
Thank you for your excellent response to our request for your help in selecting the words to include on the RNLI memorial sculpture. Many of you favoured one of the five published quotations, though we also received a good selection of new...
Category: Articles
A year of lifesaving
RNLI lifeboats launched an amazing 8,141 times in 2007, rescuing 7,834 people around the UK and RoI. RNLI lifeguards on 71 English beaches rescued 1,350 people and responded to 8,201 incidents. The charity’s Flood Rescue team (previously the...
Category: Articles
Harriet
Fleetwood, Lancashire - At 2.10 a.m. on I4th August, 1966, red flares were noticed in the Wyre channel. The life-boat Ann Letitia Russell was in Ferry dock and proceeded at 2.15 in a strong north north westerly gale and a very rough sea. It...
The Sailing Boat Tablet and Red Barrel
OWNER MADE DONATION Sheringham, Norfolk. The life-boat The Manchester Unity of Odd Fellows was returning to her station from a publicity launch to Blakeney on Sunday the i5th August, 1965, when at 12.10 the small sailing boat Tablet was seen...
(Above) Thames:
(above) Thames: length overall 50ft; beam 14ft 6in; draught 4ft 6in; displacement 27 tons; maximum speed, 18 knots; range at full speed, 200 nautical miles. The Thames, introduced in 1973, has a crew of six, she lies afloat. Her hull is... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Gratitude, of Aberystwith,
On the 28th Feb. this life-boat again went out in reply to signals of distress from the schooner Gratitude, of Aberystwith, which, while attempting to cross the bar in a heavy ground sea, had struck on the edge of the North Bank." It...
An Aeroplane (33)
MARCH 13TH. - SELSEY, SUSSEX. A British aeroplane had been reported down in the sea, but only a patch of oil was found.- Rewards, £17 12s. 6d..