LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
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First rescue by FAB 3 prototype while on trials The prototype of the new Fast Afloat Boat 3 (see page 90 of this issue) carried out her first service on 29 May while returning from Salcombe to Weymouth, where she was based for some days for...
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Newhaven, Sussex. At 11.25 on the night of the 3rd September, 1961, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a yacht was ashore east of the river Cuckmere. At 11.55 the life- boat Kathleen Mary was launched in a gentle...
Contents
RNLI News What's happening in and around the Institution Membership News 182 185 Feedback on the promotional pack aimed at recruiting new RNLI members Where There's A Will, There's A Way... 186 The value of legacies to the...
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Helmsman Ian Mcdowell - Bronze Medal
Helmsman Ian McDowell - Bronze Medal St Bees lifeboat, 31 July 1993 Ian McDowell was in charge of St Bees' C class «g» inshore lifeboat when she saved the crew of two from a grounded fishing vessel.
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Category: Photographs
A Small Yacht
Falmouth, Cornwall.—1st June, 1938.
The Porthoustock coastguard had reported that a small yacht, with three men on board, had been blown out to sea from the Helford River. A strong W. by N. gale was blowing, with a very...
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Holyhead, Anglesey. —• On the after- noon of the 20th of May, 1950, it was learned through the Trinity House Depot that a boat was needed to fetch a sick man from the Skerries lighthouse.
The Trinity House vessel was not...
Lifeboat Open Days 1982: Poole Headquarters and Depot
Poole Headquarters and Depot Thursday July 22 Friday July 23 Saturday July 24 10 am—6 pm 10 am—8 pm 10 am—6 pm WHEN THE ENGLISH TOURIST BOARD proclaimed 1982 Maritime England Year it was considered an appropriate occasion to open the...
Category: Articles
Prince
JAN. 16TH. - TORBAY, DEVON. At 6.55 P.M. it was reported that the open motorfishing boat Prince, of Torquay, with three men on board, was overdue on a trip from Torquay to Brixham, and that owing to the poor condition of her engine anxiety...
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Shoreham Harbour, Sussex - At 3.22 a.m. on nth June, 1966, a man was reported in the sea clinging to an oar two miles east of the Palace pier. There was a moderate southerly breeze with a slight sea. It was two hours before high water. The...
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IRB's ALSO LAUNCHED Barry Dock, Glamorganshire. At 6.45 p.m. on loth August, 1965, news came that a cafe owner at Fontigary Bay had reported a number of children were trapped on the rocks on a rising tide. The life-boat Rachel and Mary...