LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Life-Boat Stations of the United Kingdom
III.—SWANSEA.
The Wolverhampton Life-boat.
THE next Life-boat Station on the south coast of Wales, in rotation after Penarth and Porthcawl, of which we gave an account in our last number (November 2nd,...
Category: Articles
Lifeboat Services
South West Division Among rocks A YACHT firing red flares near Green Island was reported by Police HQ at 0326 on Saturday September 3, 1983, to the deputy assistant harbour master at St Helier, who is also deputy launching authority of St...
Category: Services
Coastal Life
coAstAL LIFe Rapture of the deep scuba diving is fraught with dangers, but each year thousands of adventurers find that the rewards far outweigh the risks.
Bethany Hope discovers the appeal of diving close to home ‘You...
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Lans (1)
Cliff face helicopter lift LONOHOPE honorary secretary was informed by the Coastguard at 2352 on December 20, 1974, that the Belgian trawler Lans was ashore on the north side of Tor Ness and required immediate assistance. Longhope lifeboat,...
Services of the Life-Boats of the National Life-Boat Institution
SELSEY, SUSSEX.—On the 5th September the brig Governor Maclean, of London, was totally wrecked, during a gale of wind, on the Shold Point of the Ower's Sandbank, off Selsey. The life-boat on that station was immediately manned and...
Category: Services
Services of the Life-Boats of the Royal National Life-Boat Institution
KILMORE, Co. WEXFORD.—On the 2nd j January 1900 the Life-boat John Robert ' was launched at 1.45 A.M., rockets and guns having been fired from the Barrels Bock Light-vessel. A light S.E. wind was blowing at the time, the sea was moderate...
Category: Services
Donald Searle
Seventeen saved from 75ft yacht aground in gale and 20ft breakersTwo Hayling Island lifeboatmen, Roderick James and Frank Dunster, have been awarded the RNLI's Silver Medal for their part in the rescue of 17 people from a 75ft yacht...
Manx tales
The Isle of Man is an unusual location whose community is inextricably linked to the sea – and the RNLI
Set in the midst of the Irish Sea, encircled by all five nations of the UK and RoI, the Isle of Man (IoM) is actually...
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Wexford Station
THE Coxswain has received the following letter from one of the men rescued from the wreck of the William and Michael:— SKULMARTIN LT. SHIP, BALLYWALTER, Go. DOWN.
19th July '17.
DEAR MR. WICKHAM &...
Category: Correspondence
Summary of the Meetings of the Committee
THURSDAY, 8th January, 1891.
Sir EDWARD BIRKBECK, Bart., M.P., V.P., in the Chair.
Read and confirmed the Minutes of the previous meeting.
Also read those of the Finance and Corre-...
Category: Committee