LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Yacht
If you were rescued by the RNLI, would you thank those involved? Surprisingly, many people don't. Dave Gambell, rescued by Yarmouth lifeboat, is an exception.
What follows is his letter of gratitude to the crew,...
Noblesse
A narrow escape for Dutch couple at DunbarLifeboatmen and Coastguards hauled a crew of two to safety from a grounded yacht, seconds before falling rocks destroyed the vessel A state-of-the-art £100,000 yacht, Noblesse, was entering...
Summary of the Meetings of the Committee
Thursday, 4th April. The Eight Hon. EARL PERCY, P.C., President, in the Chair.
Bead and approved the Minutes of the previous Meeting, and those of the Finance and Correspondence, and Wreck and Reward...
Category: Committee
A Fishing Vessel (1)
Scottish crews out in numbers Ravaged by remnants of the hurricane season, the British Isles were soaked and windswept in late summer 2004. At the end of one of the wettest Augusts on record, the rough sea conditions off the northern tip of...
Lifeboat Services
South Eastern Division Boarding boat rescue from saltings REQUESTING THE LAUNCHING of Calshot lifeboat at 2207 on Thursday, January 29, HM Coastguard told the honorary secretary that at 2054 a red flare had been reported in Ashlett Creek and...
Category: Services
The Royal Bank of Scotland
In an Raises money every time you spend4 emergency No annual fee [our volunteers Interest - free period of up to 56 days rely on this Up to £100 cash back on transferred balances from other credit and store cards** piece of plastic.<...
Category: Advertisement
The Royal Bank of Scotland
In an Raises money every time you spend* emergency No annual fee our volunteers Interest - free period of up to 56 days rely on this Up to £100 cash back on transferred balances from other credit and store cards** piece of...
Category: Advertisement
Your Letters
Whilst reading the winter 1999/00 issue of the lifeboat, I came across the piece about the refurbished lifeboat Queen Victoria which was said to be thought as the oldest RNLI lifeboat in existence.
It is not the oldest boat...
Category: Correspondence
Mirror Image
Crewman steers yacht to place of safetyThere is no such thing as a routine job for lifeboat crews. When the Campbeltown lifeboat was called out on 1 October 2000, it was simply to escort a troubled yacht to the safety of Carnpbeltown Loch....
Summary of the Meetings of the Committee
THURSDAY, 5th October, 1876: THOMAS CHAPMAN Esq., F.R.S., V.P., Chairman of the Institution, in the Chair.
Read and approved the Minutes of the previous Meeting, and those of the Finance and Corre- spondence, and Wreck and...
Category: Committee