LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Notes of the Quarter
THE sad story of the acting Selsey coxswain, Douglas Arnell, who was obliged to relinquish his post because of colour blindness, was widely reported in the press earlier this year. It may therefore be helpful to explain the RNLI's...
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Insight
INSIGHT The RnlI’s Vision is to be recognised as the most effective, innovative and dependable lifeboat and lifeguard service.
Here are just a handful of incidents from around the UK and RoI to give an insight into the...
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An Aeroplane (86)
MAY 17TH. - BUCKIE, BANFFSHIRE.
A British aeroplane was reported to have crashed, but nothing was found except wreckage. - Rewards, £2 13s..
Duke of Northumberland's Life-Boat Essay Competition, 1929
THE subject for the ninth Life-boat Essay Competition in Elementary Schools, held this year, was, " What are the qualities which make the Lifeboatman an example of good citizenship ? " So far as the quality of the essays was...
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The Motor Fishing Vessels Winifred, Lead Us and Energy
VERY ROUGH SEA At 6.45 a.m. on 29th November, 1965, three motor fishing vessels were reported to be still at sea in deteriorating weather.
The life-boat Tillie Morrison, Sheffield II was launched at 7.5, an hour before high...
Celerity, Fisher Boy & Courage
On the even- ing of the 27th February, the honorary secretary was warned that the motor fishing boat Celerity, of Buckie, "had just arrived in the harbour and reported that the Wick fishing boat Fisher Boy, with a crew of five, was in...
Services of the Life-Boats. Reported to the May, June and July Meetings of the Committee of Management
Reported to the May, June and July Meetings of the Committee of Management.
May Meeting.
Longhope, Orkney, and Thurso, Caith- ness-shire.—The Longhope motor life- boat Thomas McCunn was launched at 11.30...
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Teens saved from rip current
26 May: Coldingham Bay Two teenagers thought they were safe paddling in shallow water, but the strong current soon pulled them far out to sea. Luckily, lifeguards Giordano Ceccarelli and Nick Campbell spotted...
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St. David's, Pembrokeshire. At 10.32 a.m. on 23rd November, 1965, the coastguard informed the coxswain that an aircraft had come down in the sea in the St. Bride's bay area and her crew of two had baled out. The life-boat Joseph Soar...
Bun Brosna
Galway Bay. At 10.15 a-m- on 3fd September, 1965, Valentia Radio informed the honorary secretary that a fishing vessel was in distress half a mile south of North Aran lighthouse. There was a strong north-westerly breeze with a rough sea. The...