LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Feature: International Rescue
In 1924, the RNLI celebrated its 100th birthday. It was not alone in the world as a lifeboat service, and foreign friends came to the UK to join the festivities. This gathering was so successful that it was made a regular event, with a...
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Gretafield (1)
FEBRUARY 4TH. - WHITEHILLS, BANFFSHIRE WICK, CAITHNESSSHIRE, AND FRASERBURGH, ABERDEENSHIRE.
At 1.20 A.M. a message was received at Whitehills from the coastguard at Banff that flares had been reported about ten miles N.E....
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Buckingham (1)
Filey, Scarborough, and Whitby, Yorkshire.
—During the evening of the 25th February, 1938, the Grimsby trawler Buckingham, with a crew of sixteen on board, ran aground at Newbiggin Wyke, just north of Filey Brig. A moderate...
Gundine (1)
LIFE-BOATS SMOTHERED IN OIL Stromnest, and Longbope, Orkneys.— At 7.34 in the morning of the 24th of August, 1947, the Kirkwall coastguard telephoned to the Stromness life-boat station that the Norwegian tanker Gundine, of Arendal, was...
Johanne
At 8.40 P.M. on the 1st November the Coastguard reported that a message had been received from the North Goodwin Light- vessel stating that a vessel was ashore, and at about the same time another message was received by wireless tele- graph...
Betsy Nora
Torbay, Devon.—At 7.49 on the even- ing of the llth of September, 1954, the Brixham coastguard telephoned that red flares could be seen coming from a motor boat a quarter of a mile east of Great Rock. At eight o'clock the life-boat...
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CLIFF FALL At 7.32 p.m. on 24th April, 1966, the honorary secretary was informed that two boys had fallen over the cliff at Whitewaterbrook.
The life-boat A.M.T. was launched at 7.42 in a light westerly wind and a smooth...
Borough Arms Dunmere
Money raised on the bottle: Trevor Ramsden (r) honorary secretary, is presented with a cheque for £120 by Ian Bolton, landlord of the Borough Arms, Dunmere, Bodmin who, along with his customers, is a longstanding supporter. The money... - View image in PDF
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A Vampire Aircraft
Barry Dock, and The Mumbles, Glamorganshire. At 1.5 on the after- noon of the 12th of June, 1959, the coastguard informed the honorary secretaries at Barry Dock and The Mumbles that a request had been received from the Sea Rescue Co-...