LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Good Job Well Done
These photographs of the relief Arun class Margaret Russell Fraser were taken in Christchurch Bay while filming for the RNLI's latest film was in progress.
The 30-minute film is titled 'A Good Job Well Done' and...
Category: Articles
M.V. Andoni
Tow by tug IN VERY BAD WEATHER on the evening of Thursday December 9, 1982, the 500 ton coaster MV Andoni suffered engine failure and anchored 2Vz miles south of Shoreham Harbour. She was seen by Coxswain Kenneth Everard of Shoreham Harbour...
Make lifesaving cupcakes!
Everyone loves a cupcake, and selling a tasty treat in aid of the RNLI has always been a popular way of raising funds. We asked TV chefs The Hairy Bikers for a recipe that isn’t too stodgy (we all need room for a mince pie or...
Category: Articles
A Fishing Boat (1)
Peel and Port Erin, Isle of Man.—• 23rd July. A fishing boat had not returned to Peel with the fleet, but she was found by a trawler which joined the life-boats in the search.—Rewards, Peel, £10 4s. 6d; Port Erin, £7 2s..
A Steamer
The Humber, Yorkshire.—22nd March, 1939. A steamer had collided with a trawler seventeen miles N.N.E. of the Humber. She was badly damaged and began to sink, but her crew were rescued by the trawler.—Permanent paid crew: Rewards,...
Severe Weather Hits Yacht
Blyth's all-weather lifeboat, one of the victims of the hoax call on the previous page, is pictured towing a yacht to safety on 17 October last year after she had fallen foul of suddenly deteriorating weather.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
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JANUARY 4TH. - HASTINGS, SUSSEX.
A red flare had been reported and men and women launchers worked hard and well in the darkness to get the life-boat down to the water through ten inches of snow, but she found nothing. -...
Bond Compensation.
BILLIONS OF POUNDS have been invested in bonds by people hoping to make the most of their money. Unfortunately for many investors, buying bonds has proved to be an expensive mistake. Now Bond Compensation.com, a specialist claims...
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Braywick
St. Peter Port, Guernsey.—About 8.40 on the morning of the 8th of January.
1953, the motor vessel Braywick, of London, which had a crew of nine, wirelessed that she had broken down and needed a tug three miles north- east...
A Japanese Tanker
Eighteen lifeboats at sea as storm sweeps country 'Services varied from false alarms - both with good intent and malicious - to fishing vessels and commercial passenger vessels...' The severe storms which swept much of the country on...