LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Lindfar
Trawler sinking LATE ON THE NIGHT of Thursday June 6, 1985, the 53ft Dutch trawler Lindfar radioed Thames coastguard to say that she was aground, holed and taking water on the northern Gunfleet Sands.
The honorary secretary...
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The Newhaven lifeboat was also involved in the rescue caught in the dramatic photograph (left) from the harbour wall on 24 July, 1988.
A swimmer, visible under the lifeboat's starboard bow, is being hauled from the...
Cover Picture
by Paul Ferraby The Institution's fundraisers take advantage of the glorious June weather to display their wares against the backdrop of Swanage Bay and the town's new Mersey class lifeboat Robert Charles... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
High Seas...
The photographer, Hunting Aerofilms, is offering copies of these photographs to readers of THE LIFEBOAT at well below normal rates - and is also making a donation of 25% of the price of each print to the RNLI.
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Category: Articles
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Hundreds of Lives Saved... probably When Poole's Atlantic launched at 2050 on Easter Saturday this year the crew thought they were searching for red flares.
Instead, when they arrived at the scene in a dark and...
Vera Robinson Mbe
No article on the Zetland and the RNLI at Redcar would be complete without mention of Vera Robinson MBE. Vera joined the Redcar ladies lifeboat guild as a committee member in 1930 and has held every position in the fl guild during the last... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Holly
Twelve minutes of terror It took Port Talbot's inshore lifeboat crew just a few minutes to save a life at sea but the three found their training and courage tested to the limit On the morning of 10 January 2006 a call came through to...
H.M. Trawler Avanturine (1)
NOVEMBER 24TH. - SHOREHAM HARBOUR, SUSSEX. At 4.50 in the morning a message was received at Shoreham Harbour from the coastguard that H.M. Trawler Avanturine, which had been left at anchor by the Newhaven life-boat off Newhaven, as described...
Success and Provider
FEBRUARY 28TH. - WHITBY, YORKSHIRE.
The fishing fleet was out and all the boats had returned by 1 P.M. with the exception of two, Success and Provider. A strong E.N.E. wind was blowing, with seas breaking three-quarters of...
A Naval Pinnace (1)
SEPTEMBER 10TH. - GIRVAN, AYRSHIRE, AND PORT PATRICK, WIGTOWNSHIRE.
At 1.10 in the afternoon the coastguard reported to the Girvan lifeboat station that a naval pinnace was flying a distress signal off Ballantrae. The...