LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

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FEBRUARY 3RD. - FLAMBOROUGH, YORKSHIRE. Shortly before 1 P.M. information was received from the Flamborough Royal Naval Shore Signal Station that a vessel was in distress off Flamborough with her boats out. An easterly wind was, blowing,...

AUGUST 7TH. - THE HUMBER, YORKSHIRE.

At 5.20 in the morning the lifeboat watchman saw a large bombing aeroplane come down on fire near the gate vessel.The sea was ablaze with burning petrol. The coxswain rang up the Royal...

MR. HENRY PEGG, motor mechanic of the Dover (Kent) life-boat, and Mr. Wilfred Cook, travelling mechanic of the Institution, were awarded testimonials on parchment by the Royal Humane Society for rescuing a man who had fallen into the sea at...

PENMON.—On the 25th January, during a strong gale from the N., while the disabled steamer Pioneer, of Dublin, was being towed into the Menai Straits, the hawsers of the tugs broke, and the vessel drove on Puffin Island. The Penmon Life-boat...

JANUARY 28TH. - HARTLEPOOL, DURHAM. At 8.20 A.M. information was received from the coastguard that a vessel was aground at Seaton Carew. A moderate E.S.E. gale was blowing, with a heavy sea, but the vessel did not appear to be in any...

The ballerinas of the Birmingham Royal Ballet were among the first to answer our Mayday call during the RNLI’s big annual fundraising event (pictured above). Premiership rugby players also pulled on crew boots in aid of Mayday 2016 – James...