LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Kathleen
Aground on rocks A MEMBER OF LYME REGIS inshore lifeboat crew informed his honorary secretary at 1300 on Sunday, July 18, that a cabin cruiser was being driven on to Broad Ledge Rocks, half a mile east of the ILB station, and that one of her...
Corgi II
Margate, Kent. At 2.22 on the after- noon of the 9th October, 1961, thecoastguard informed the honorary sec- retary that two men in a rowing boat were being blown out to sea a mile and a half off Epple Bay and were waving a towel attached to...
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Children cut off by tide SWoth Scotland South Division Two children aged 12 and 5 years who had been cut off by the tide on a sandbank off Mawbray were rescued on 7 July 1991 by the prompt response of the Silloth lifeboat and John Boyle, a...
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Salcombe, Devon.—At 1.15 on the afternoon of the 12th of September, 1954, a man swimming off Gara Rocks wasreported to be in danger. At 1.30 the life-boat Samuel and Marie Parkhouse was launched. The sea was choppy and a moderate...
Coxswain Thomas Cocking St.Ives
Coxswain Thomas Cocking, St Ives On January 3, 1984, Coxswain Cocking, in two separate services, both carried out in a north-northwesterly strong gale, force 9, heavy seas and shallow water, first rescued seven men from a tug being driven on... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Close Up
CLOse up Innovation stations Providing more than just a reassuring reminder of the RNLI’s presence, the charity’s 232 stations are as carefully designed as the lifeboats they house.
Elizabeth Paine finds out more When a...
Category: Articles
Rikiki
St. Peter Port, Guernsey. At 5.43 on the morning of the 8th August, 1961, a message was received that a small speed boat with two people on board had made fast to Jethon buoy and was in danger of being swamped. A near gale was blowing from...
Windy Wyne
Weymouth, Dorset - At 10.46 p.m.
on ist May, 1966, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the motor cruiser Windy Wyne of Falmouth had asked for assistance as her engine had broken down half a mile north-west...
An Aeroplane (62)
AUGUST 15TH. - MARGATE, KENT. At 3.30 P.M., during an air raid, an aeroplane was seen from the boathouse to crash into the sea some three miles N. by W. of the station. The sea was smooth, with a N.W.
wind. The motor...
L'Espoir and Innocence (1)
Arun saves yacht and skipper after long tow in severe weatherThe RNLI's chief of operations has written to thank the crews of both the Falmouth and Lizard lifeboats following a service involving both lifeboats on 16 February...