LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Lifeboat Classes
a s p o t t e r ' s g u i d e Why are there so many different designs of lifeboat when the purpose of every lifeboat is so similar-the saving of life at sea? Surely, one might think, all lifeboats are designed to weather the worst of...
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COASTGUARDSMAN LOWERED TO MAN AFTER CLIFF FALL Sennen Cove, Cornwall. At 7.17 on the evening of the 9th May, 1962, the coastguard told the coxswain that a man was thought to be trapped on the cliffs at Lands End, but that he could not be...
Gadfly
Swanage, Dorset.—At 12.40 in the afternoon of the 4th of July, 1948, the coastguard telephoned that a small sailing yacht was in difficulties in Dur- leston Bay, and the motor life-boat Thomas Markby, was launched in a strong south-west...
Summer Visitors
Among the tens of thousands of visitors welcomed this summer by stations throughout the RNLI, there have been at least two who have caused heads to turn.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Fishing Boats
At 3.30 A.M. on the 31st October two cobles proceeded to the fishing grounds, and, while fishing, a strong gale suddenly sprang up from the N.E., bringing with it a rough and heavy sea.
At 7 A.M., when the boats attempted...
Called away from Ceremony
Just after the opening ceremony for Exmouth RNLI’s new boathouse, the crews’ pagers went off and guests saw both lifeboats launched on a real rescue.
A catamaran sailor had been injured and was picked up by a passing...
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Silver Spray
Falmouth, Cornwall.—At 12.15 on the afternoon of the 16th of May, 1955, the coastguard rang up to say that a man in the crab boat Silver Spray was signalling for help off Zone Point near the entrance to the har- bour. At 12.50 the life-boat...
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It's a dog's life...
...for Molly When the crew of Walmer's D class inflatable lifeboat received a report from Dover Coastguard that a dog had fallen some 150ft over a cliff about three miles from the station...
Marlborough
JANUARY 26TH - 30TH and FEBRUARY 5TH.
- FRASERBURGH, ABERDEENSHIRE.
During these days the Fraserburgh life-boat performed a number of unusual services because of a very severe snow storm, which continued...
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