LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The S.S. Cantal
NOVEMBER 25TH. - YARMOUTH, ISLE OF WIGHT. During the afternoon of the 24th of November the Admiralty salvage officer requested that provisions and sundry small gear for salvage purposes should be taken to the S.S. Cantal. She had gone ashore...
A Small Open Pulling Boat
MAY 1ST. - ALDEBURGH, SUFFOLK.
At about 1.20 P.M. the coastguard reported a small open pulling boat about two and a half miles from the look-out, and the No. 1 motor life-boat Abdy Beauclerk was launched at 1.30 P.M. A...
The Harbour Defence Launch 41360
JUNE 29TH. - NEW BRIGHTON, CHESHIRE.
At 9.20 at night a message was received that a motor boat was ashore on Taylor’s Bank near Crosby Lightvessel, but did not appear to be in any danger. At 9.43 another message said that...
The Humber Lightvessel
JANUARY 18TH. - THE HUMBER, YORKSHIRE.
A messenger came from the signal station at 1.22 in the morning with a message from the Trinity House superintendent at Great Yarmouth : Would the life-boat go to the Humber...
The Swan, of Skibbereen
JUNE 8TH. - BALLYCOTTON, CO. CORK.
The reserve motor life-boat City of Bradford was being taken by a Ballycotton crew from Ballycotton to Baltimore, when about 2.30 in the afternoon she saw a fishing boat two miles...
The Keel Boat Mary Joy
DECEMBER 11TH. - SCARBOROUGH, YORKSHIRE. The local fishing boats were out, a strong south-south-east wind was blowing, raising a heavy, broken sea, and the life-boat crew were standing by. At 3.23 in the afternoon the Burniston coastguard...
SSE support
We are now entering the third and final year of the RNLI’s partnership with Scottish and Southern Energy (SSE).
SSE is committed to supporting the communities in which it operates. When work began on the Greater Gabbard...
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Days of generosity
Fundraisers in Liverpool, London and across Ireland are celebrating after raising lifesaving funds during two special events.
Mayday is Ireland's big RNLI fundraising event, held at the beginning of May. 2014 was the...
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William, of Tonsberg
On the 27th of December, the Norwegian bark, William, of Tonsberg, ran ashore in thick and squally weather, near Camber, about three miles on the north side of Eye Harbour. The life-boat at No. 31 Tower, on the .opposite side of the harbour,...
The Auxiliary Yacht, Zarefa, of Brixham
SEPTEMBER 29TH. - HOLYHEAD, ANGLESEY. At 1.55 in the afternoon the coastguard reported that a yacht appeared to be in difficulties and was drifting towards North Stack. An easterly gale was blowing, with a rough sea. The motor life-boat...