LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
High stakes
Lifeboat crews have noticed that jumping into water from a height is becoming ever more popular around our coasts. The craze, known as tombstoning, has led to 139 incidents for emergency services in the past 5 years, including 12 fatalities...
Category: Articles
Fishing Cobles (2)
The wind on the 12th April suddenly increased to the strength of a gale, and the sea became very heavy, when the fishing cobles were at sea. As their return would be attended with considerable risk to'those on board, the Life-boat was...
None (1)
CLIFF RESCUE Life-boats are often called to rescue people trapped in difficult situations, and on 28th February, 1971, an anticipatory message was received at 3.9 p.m. from the Coastguard reporting that a cliff climber was in difficulties at...
(Below) Mrs Susan Hunter-Pease Wife of Mr Charles Hunter-Pease the Sates and Marketing Director of Volvo Concessionaires
(below) Mrs Susan Hunter-Pease, wife of Mr Charles Hunter-Pease, the Sates and Marketing Director of Volvo Concessionaires, names the new Mersey Class lifeboat Lifetime Care at a ceremony at the RNLI's Poole depot. The lifeboat is the... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Joe Salmon
Joe Salmon, foreman rigger at the RNLI's Poole Depot since 1983, who joined the department as a rigger in 1977. He is survived by his wife Marlene, post room supervisor at RNLI headquarters, Poole..
Category: Obituaries
Ian Taylor (Left) General Manager of the Royal Bank of Scotland
Ian Taylor (left). General Manager of the Royal Bank of Scotland's Consumer Division, presents a cheque for £90,000 to The Duke of Atholl, the chairman of the RNLI, at a ceremony at the London Boat Show. The money represents... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
(Top) Malcolm Grant (Centre Left), the Winner of the Volvo In the RNLI's 60th National Lottery
(Top) Malcolm Grant (centre left), the winner of the Volvo in the RNLI's 60th national lottery with his wife Margaret (centre right) at the handing over ceremony in Cardiff. Photo Barry Webb (Above) Comedian Billy Burden draws the... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
You Can't Park That 'Ere…
The Tyne class lifeboat Ethel Anne Measures stationed at The Mumbles was at sea for five hours on 28 January 1994 when she stood by the 560ft Indian-registered freighter Vishva Parag whose cargo had shifted causing her to list heavily. She... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Fishing Boats (1)
POST ISAAC, CORNWALL,.—Several fishing boats proceeded to sea on the morning of the 7th February, the weather being fine and the sea comparatively smooth.
At about 11 A,M., however, a tremendous ground sea arose, almost...
Resolute
On the 4th May the Lighthouse keeper reported that a small vessel was ashore about half a mile to the east of Shoreham Harbour, and making signals of distress.
The crew of the Life-boat William Bestell were assembled and...