LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Hundred Years Ago
ON January 5th, 1847, Lieut.-Col. Sir William Hillary, Bt., the founder of the Life-boat Service, died in the Isle of Man at the age of seventy-eight. He was not only the founder of the service, but one of the greatest of its life-boatmen,...
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Lifesaving savings (1)
Open a savings account with Furness Building Society and support the RNLI.
Furness Building Society has launched an affinity account with the RNLI under a ‘You save – we give’ banner. The society will make a cash payment...
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Additional Stations and New Life-Boats
BLAKENEY, NORFOLK.—The NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION has recently stationed a life-boat at Blakeney, at the north extremity of Norfolk, at which place a crew of fishermen perished last year in attempting to rescue a shipwrecked crew. This...
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Loftus, of Padstow
On the night of the 8th November, the sloop Loftus, of Pad- stow, in entering that port, was compelled to anchor in Hell Bay, exposed to a strong westerly wind and heavy sea. At daylight she was discovered from the shore with a flag of...
Kopenes
SEPT. 22ND. - THE HUMBER, YORKSHIRE.
At 8.45 P.M. the Royal Naval Shore Signal Station reported that red flares had been seen in an easterly direction. A fresh northerly wind was blowing, with a very rough sea. At 8.48 P.M...
Empire Lundy, of Goole
JULY 19TH. - FISHGUARD, PEMBROKESHIRE.
At 7.50 in the evening the coastguard telephoned that a vessel fourteen miles north of Strumble Head needed help.
The motor life-boat White Star was launched at...
A Wellington Bombing Aeroplane
APRIL 29TH. - ILFRACOMBE, DEVON.
At 4.45 A.M. the naval officer in charge at Appledore reported that an aeroplane had crashed, and a quarter of an hour later he asked for the life-boat to be sent to help naval and R.A.F....
ONCE TRAINED NEVER FORGOTTEN
You never forget your RNLI training. For our lifeboat crews, the ability to assess a situation and take immediate action is vital. When Isles of Scilly boatman and retired lifeboat Coxswain Andy Howells saw a boat capsize during a wildlife...
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A Burning Vessel
MARCH 1 7TH. - NEWQUAY, CORNWALL.
A burning vessel had been seen at night ten miles out at sea, but only burning oil was found. The life-boat was launched with great difficulty at dead low water in a rough sea and the...
Life-Boat Crews. No. III
A CONSIDERABLE number of the Life-boats of the ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTI- TUTION are manned by "boatmen," a term comprising men who employ several different means of obtaining their living in boats, but chiefly applied to...
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