LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Obituaries
Deaths William Arnell – Selsey former Crew Member Maureen Belbin – Charminster branch Treasurer and Secretary Howard Bell MBE – Honorary Liaison Officer Eastern Region and former Harwich Chairman Derek Chambers – former Portrush...
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Hyperion
MCH. 17TH. - SCARBOROUGH, YORKSHIRE.
At 7.50 A.M. the life-boat coxswain noticed that the local motor fishing boat Hyperion, which was making for harbour, did not dare attempt to get in. A strong N.E.
gale...
Washington
SEPT. 2ND. - WICK, CAITHNESS-SHIRE.
At 6.36 A.M. the coastguard informed the life-boat authorities that the trawler Washington, of Grimsby, was ashore near Duncansby Head. The weather was very foggy, with a fresh southerly...
Fishing Boats (3)
DECEMBER 1ST. - WHITBY, YORKSHIRE.
While the fishing fleet was out the northerly wind increased until it was blowing strongly, with squalls, bringing a rough sea, which made the harbour entrance dangerous for the returning...
The S.S. Empire Castle, of Belfast
MAY 3RD. - WALMER, KENT. At 1.30 in the morning a doctor was needed on board the S.S. Empire Castle, of Belfast. A moderate north-easterly gale was blowing and the sea was rough. It was too rough for any shoreboat to put out, and at two...
The Record of 1940.
During 1940 the Institution's life-boats were launched r,o8t times. That is 396 more launches than ever before in one year.
They rescued 2.056 lives. That is 858 more lives rescued than ever before in one year.
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Soup-er shopping
New Covent Garden Food Co’s Smoked Haddock Chowder is now on sale with an extra ‘ingredient’.
Look out for the eye-catching cartons featuring Padstow’s Tamar class lifeboat and RNLI information in UK branches of Tesco,...
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All hands on deck!
You don’t have to get wet to help save lives at sea.
We need more volunteers to help us raise funds, raise awareness and reduce tragedies. If you can give some time to the RNLI, please get in touch. It doesn’t...
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Mid-morning Mayday
15 June: Yarmouth, Solent At 10.33am a mayday call alerted the Yarmouth lifeboat to a yacht in trouble in gale force winds. A female crew member had been hit by the boom and suffered a serious injury. The...
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An Aeroplane (139)
SEPTEMBER 30TH. - SKEGNESS, LINCOLNSHIRE. A British aeroplane was reported at 9.15 PM. to have fallen into the sea off Hunstanton, but though the life-boat cruised for 50 miles, she saw nothing.
About midnight, however,...