LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Cornish lifeboatman rescues surfer - in Sri Lanka
When lifeboat volunteer Duncan Wallace headed off on his Winter honeymoon, he left his crew pager behind – but his lifesaving skills were still called upon 5,000 miles from home.
Duncan (pictured), a Newquay lifeboat crew...
Category: Articles
New handbook for enthusiasts
The Lifeboat Enthusiasts’ Society Handbook 2016 is now out. This complete guide to RNLI lifeboats past and present details every lifeboat in our fleet, plus the post-service names and locations of retired vessels. To order your copy, send a...
Category: Articles
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NOVEMBER 25TH. - SENNEN COVE PENLEE, AND THE LIZARD, CORN: WALL. After a naval and air battle in the Channel some ten miles off Wolf Rock Light, these three life-boats were asked by the coastguard to go out and search for survivors.
A Fishing Boat (5)
OCTOBER 31ST. - ARRANMORE, CO. DONEGAL. While a small fishing boat was returning from the fishing grounds her engine broke down, and the motor life-boat K.T.J.S.
was launched at 2.30 PM. to help her. A northerly wind was...
An Aeroplane (45)
APRIL 20TH. - APPLEDORE, AND ILFRACOMBE, DEVON. At about 1 P.M.
a message was received at Appledore from the Croyde coastguard that an aeroplane had crashed in the sea on the south side of Morte Bay, and at 1.10 P.M. the...
Unsung Heroes
Mary Jacinta Casey
How did you first get involved with the RNLI? When I was growing up, we always had a collection box in our pub, and I used to help count the money!
What does being an RNLI...
Category: Articles
Your Letters
Capturing the drama Sir - The dramatic photograph of the Portrush lifeboat on page 127 of the Summer issue of the journal must have potential for advertising the RNLI's work and the robust skill and courage of the crews. Why not use it...
Category: Correspondence
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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Special Gifts
"All my Pocket-Money." ONE shilling and threepence has been received from a little boy of Greenford, Middlesex, with a letter saying, " This is all my pocket-money; best wishes." No Tips! A cook-housekeeper working in...
Category: Donations
M.F.V. Mary
MFV broken down HM COASTGUARD reported to the deputy launching authority of Southend-on-Sea lifeboat station at 1706 on Sunday May 2, 1982, that MFV Mary had broken down and had asked for immediate help; she was about 15 miles east of the...