LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Stranded teens
Eight teenagers tried to walk from Pembrey Country Park to Burry Port Railway Station on 19 March and became stranded. One called a parent and was advised to stay put and wait for rescue. The parent dialled 999 and soon police, coastguards...
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Shannon on Station (1)
21 February 2014
The wait is over as The Morrell arrives on station at Dungeness, Kent. The first fully operational Shannon class lifeboat is 50% faster than the Mersey she replaces. She will reach...
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Notes of the Quarter
THE RNLI ACCOUNTS for 1984 have yet to be completed, but they are likely to show that during the year at least £21 million has been raised. This figure reflects not only the tremendous efforts of the branches and guilds but also the...
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Services of the Life-Boats In October, November and December. 69 Lives Rescued
OCTOBER DURING October life - boats were launched on service 50 times and rescued 41 lives.
ESCORT FOR KETCH IN TOW OF TRAWLER Walmer, Kent. At 1.42 early on the morning of the 1st of October, 1958, the coastguard told the...
Category: Services
Lofty Lifesavers
Lofty lifesavers Sometimes, lifeboats need a little help from above. The Lifeboat meets the air crew who play their part in sea rescues – and who are lifesavers in their own right It’s a chilly Sunday morning on the windy, exposed airfield...
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The Fundraisers
A bridge too far!Bridge! Photo Blackpool Evening Gazette Four thousand walkers crossed the River Wyre in Lancashire via the new Shard Bridge - and managed to raise £4,000 for the RNLI! The idea for the sponsored walk, before the...
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Open All Hours...
The RNLI's Open Days on 23 and 24 July were more popular than in any previous year, with more visitors, more displays and more things to see than ever before. With free access to two separate sites accurate estimates of the numbers...
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Your Letters
Lanzarote lifesavers I shot these photographs in Playa Blancha, Lanzarote recently - the only lifeboats I saw in the Canary Islands! You are welcome to use them to illustrate foreign lifeboats.
Michael Osbaldston South...
Category: Correspondence
None (2)
With Summer around the corner, it may prove difficult to remember the frozen winter months, and as usual, the hardest hit by snow were Scotland and the North.
Sea transport showed its advantages in these conditions as RNLI...
Ard Carna (2)
Overdue THE REPUBLIC OF IRELAND motor fishing vessel Ard Carna put out from Greencastle, Lough Foyle, on Thursday April 28 to fish white fish. She had a crew of five and was expected back on the Friday or Saturday. At 2200 on Saturday April...