LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Arnoytrans
Scottish crews out in numbers Ravaged by remnants of the hurricane season, the British Isles were soaked and windswept in late summer 2004. At the end of one of the wettest Augusts on record, the rough sea conditions off the northern tip of...
Rings of safety
Olympic duty is not a new thing for the RNLI. Volunteer crew from around the UK and RoI gave vital support to Olympians taking part in the 2012 Games. Three extra lifeboats were used as safety cover during the sailing events, while Weymouth...
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Merlin
Margate, Kent.—At 11.6 on the morn- ing of the 19th of April, 1954, the coastguard rang up to say that a cabin cruiser had broken down in Kingsgate Bay, but had made no distress signals.
Watch was kept on her, and at 11.53...
Tern
Rosslare, Co. Wexford.—At two o'clock on the afternoon of the 10th of June, 1956, the Carne Coast Life-Saving Service rang up to say that the fishing boat Tern was out of control near Splough Rock and was drifting sea- wards. The...
College principal
Geraldine Grainger is the RNLI’s new College Principal and Head of Training. Geraldine joined the charity from the John Lewis Partnership, where she was responsible for the training, learning and development of 28,000 partners. She also has...
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Sea Flower, of Castletownbere
Valentia Co. Kerry - At 1.15 a.m. on 22nd December, 1968, Valentia radio station told the honorary secretary that the m.f.v. Sea Flower of Castletownbere was in distress in the Ardgroon harbour area. Maroonswere fired at 1.20. There was a...
A Dinghy (3)
Swanage, Dorset - At 2.30 p.m. on 16th October, 1966, a party of 10 skin divers were being swept over Peveril ledge and were in need of assistance. The lifeboat R.L.P. was launched at 2.40 in a fresh west south westerly wind and a rough...
Marie Kirstine
On the 19th June a vessel with a signal of distress flying was seen, while a strong breeze was blowing from the N.W. with a rough sea and thick weather.
She was on the S. side of Olanyard Bay, and about fifty yards from the...
Success
Coxswain Reeves was called at 9.30 A.M. on the 15th November by one of the Coastguards, who reported that a barge was flying signals of distress, and required assistance. The Life-boat William Begtell was launched and proceeded to the vessel...
Abide
Way, Inner Hebrides.—At 4.45 in the morning of the 10th of September, 1948, the Southend coastguard tele- phoned that the Portpatrick radio station had reported the steam drifter Abide, of Peterhead, bound for the Clyde, aground in the Sound...