LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Launch
Cadets and yachtsmen saved by Arun's Y-boat Force 5 onshore winds made life difficult for the crew of Troon's Arun City of Glasgow III when they had to launch their Y-boat twice during July to take survivors off a lee shore.
Orleans and Jan Van Toon
Tanker ablaze NEWS OF A COLLISION between the 76,000-tonne Greek tanker Orleans and a 295-tonne Dutch fishing vessel, Jan Van Toon, reached Cromer lifeboat station at 0815 on the morning of Friday January 24, 1986. The tanker, about 65 miles...
Royal National Life-Boat Institution. Appeal
—His Most Gracious Majesty the King
ROYAL Highness THE PRINCE OF WALES, K.G.
—Sir EDWARD BIRKBECK, BART., V.P. Deputy Chairman —Colonel FitzRoy CLAYTON, V.P.
Secretary -CHARLES...
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Bookshelf
The History of the North Deal Walmer and Kingsdowne Lifeboats by Jeff Morris published by the author at £2.50 (including post and packing)A new book by this prolific chronicler of lifeboats station histories - this time covering three...
Category: Articles
New Ways of Raising Money
Almost 20 years after Ms aircraft had been shot down in the Channel, on I2th June, 1944, a former German prisoner- of-war wrote to the British naval at- tache in Bonn to trace the commanding officer of the British escort vessel which had...
Category: Donations
September (1)
SEPTEMBER MEETING RATHCOURSEY, CO. CORK. While sailing a racing dinghy on the morning of the 23rd July, 1940, a boy and girl were capsized in East Ferry Inlet, Queenstown Harbour. A squally S.W. wind was blowing against the strongly ebbing...
Category: Services
A Dinghy
Capsized dinghy TWO MEN visiting Tenby by yacht on Sunday September 28, 1980, were returning by dinghy from shore to their yacht in the late evening when their dinghy capsized. One man managed to cling to a rock but the other, who could not...
U.B. Prince
Injured seaman rescued Eastbourne lifeboat was alerted on 3 March 2000 when a boat worker, aboard a cargo vessel bound for Equador, was forced to head inland for emergency surgery in a bid to save his fingers.
The Polish...
Pull Out
Pull out RNLI AGM and APA An invitation to all supporters It has been another busy year for the RNLI. Supporters can re? ect on the events of 2007 at the RNLI’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) and Annual Presentation of Awards (APA) at the...
Category: Articles
New man at helm
The RNLI’s new Chief Executive Paul Boissier has been in post since September 2009. He tells the Lifeboat: ‘This job is all about stewardship.
In time I’ll need to hand over the charity in as good a shape as it is today....
Category: Articles