LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
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Tenby, Pembrokeshire. At 11.15 on the night of the 15th of July, 1958, the honorary secretary received a message that a man had fallen down a cliffside and was lying injured on Skrinkle beach. At 11.30 the life-boat C.D.E.C., on temporary...
Fraserburgh
FRASERBURGH, Saturday October 18, 1986: this photograph, taken by Motor Mechanic Thomas Summers aboard the 47ft Tyne class lifeboat, City of Edinburgh, gives little impression of the 10ft swell, rough seas and gale force southerly wind which... - View image in PDF
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News
Readers will have heard about the recent tragedy at Lancashire's Morecambe Bay when 20 cockle pickers died after becoming trapped by rising tides Morecambe's inshore lifeboat and hovercraft, together with Fleetwood's all weather...
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Books
BOOKs From cargos of coffee and tobacco to the thrills of speedboat testing, from learning the ropes to total disaster - Carol Waterkeyn and Sam Price review four more titles to bring you closer to the sea Unless other ordering details are...
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A Chinook Inflatable
Missing divers found It was a family affair at Lyme Regis earlier this year when a lifeboat crew member's father and brother were instrumental in saving the lives of two divers.
On the afternoon of 9 May, three skin...
Actor Rodney Bewes
Actor Rodney Bewes lr draws the winning tickets after a summer draw raising £650 had been run at Mul/ion Holiday Park, Cornwall.
Haven Leisure Ltd kindly donated the two prizes of one week's holiday for a family... - View image in PDF
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Deck Level Exchange
At first glance the United States Coast Guard (USCG) and the RNLI appear poles apart. But the world's largest coastguard service and the RNLI have united to set up an exchange programme to help both services improve their ability to save...
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Salcombe, Devon - At 8.32 p.m. on 20th April, 1967, news was received that a boy was missing from a youth hostel at Oversteps and was presumed to have fallen over the cliffs at Lambrey Point.
The life-boat Baltic Exchange,...
A Rowing Boat and John West
Lerwick, Shetlands.—At 9.38 on the morning of the 31st of January, 1953, the coastguard telephoned to say a man at Skellister had reported that two men had left Gletness Nesting in aten-feet rowing boat at 7.30 to attend to their fishing...
Morning Star
MOTOR FISHING VESSEL REFLOATED Wick, Caithness-shire. At 3.30 on the morning of the 27th April, 1963, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the motor fishing vessel Morning Star was ashore at Proudfoot.
The...