LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Shoreline
ANOTHER YEAR has come to an end, and what a good year it has been for Shoreline. In the 12 months of 1980, 12,000 new members were enrolled— the largest number so far in any one year. That such a fine result was achieved is due to the great...
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Membership News
G o v e r n o r s • S h o r e l i n e • S t o r m F o r c e Positive Reactions There's an old saying: 'It only takes one spark to start a fire.' Well, the spark in this case was the Spring issue'spiece 'Moving with the...
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Books
Books Never turn back: The RNLI since the Second World War By Ray and Susannah Kipling Published by Sutton ISBN 0750943076 Price: £19.99 hardback While the RNLI’s status as a lifesaving charity has remained firm, the Institution has...
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Lydia
ST. AGNES', ISLES OF SCILLY.—At 9 P.M., on the 21st March, signals were seen in St. Mary's Sound. In ten minutes the Life-boat James and Caroline was launched and proceeded to the spot, under sail, through a moderate sea, the wind...
Awards to Honorary Workers
DURING November and December, 1920, and January, 1921, the following awards were made to Honorary Secretaries of Branches, and to other honorary workers in recognition of their services in the cause of the Institution : — To ROBERT LEES, Esq...
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Crowpill
SWANSEA.—The ketch Crowpill, of and from Bridgwater, bound for Britonferry, in ballast, stranded on Britonferry bar in a heavy N.W. stale and a very heavy sea, on the 2nd February. The Life-boat Wolverhampton was launched at 3.10 P.M., and...
Red Jacket and Ebenezer
On the 31st January, two rockets, indicating that the services of the Life-boat were required, were fired from Scurdyness.
The No. 1 Life-boat Robert Henderson was launched at 2.45 P.M., and rendered assistance to the...
Fishing Boats
PAKEFIELD, SUFFOLK.—A heavy gale sprung up suddenly from the N.E. on the morning of the 20th July, seriously jeopardizing several small fishing-boats belonging to Lowestoft which were fishing about four miles from the land S.E. of Pakefield....
Warrior
Ramsey, Isle of Man.—At half past three in the afternoon of the 12th of September, 1948, the coastguard re- ported that the Portpatrick Radio Station had signalled that the tug Warrior, of Glasgow, about three miles east-north-east of Ramsey...
A Yacht
Fleetwood, Lancashire.—At midday on the 14th August the keeper at Wyre Light reported that a yacht was ashore in a dangerous position on the east side of the Wyre Channel, opposite the lighthouse. A fresh, and fastincreasing, N.W. breeze was...