LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Boat
Poole, Dorset. — At 10.30 on the night of the llth of March, 1957, a telephone message was received from the police that a boat with two boys on board was missing and that the boys' parents were becoming anxious.
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Karting Coincidence
Fundraisers from opposite sides of the UK had the same idea for raising cash over the birthday weekend - in the form of sponsored go-karting!. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Fleetwood - Mersey Class Fisherman's Friend
The Mersey class Fisherman's Friend lies in the marina at Fleetwood under the watchful eye of the band during her naming ceremony. ( Photo Jeff Morris). - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Not Just Boots
The recent advertising campaign '£5 buys him a pair of boots' has highlighted the costs of kitting out a lifeboatman.
The protective clothing, boots, bump cap, lifejacket and lifeline cost £167. It's...
Category: Drawings
Marathon Effort
The Flora London Marathon is one of the UK’s most breathtaking fundraising events and this year 200 people ran as part of Team RNLI. Their combined and considerable efforts raised approximately £300,000, most of which will go towards...
Category: Articles
Heather Belle
When the ketch Heather Belle, of Appledore, was coming in over the bar on the 28th December she ran ashore on the Middle Ridge.
Signals of distress were made, and in response the No. 1 Life-boat Jane Hannah Macdonald was...
Fraternite
On the 2nd August the dandy Fraternite, of Fecamp, whilst beating through the roads, collided with a steamer and was commencing to sink. Her crew took to their boat and were picked up by a shrimping boat and taken to Yarmouth. The Gorleston...
Enterprise
On the morning of the 26th May the coxswain saw the motor fishing boat Enterprise, of Hythe, in difficulties and drifting some distance to the S.W. A strong N.E. breeze was blowing, with a moderate sea. The motor life-boat City of...
Nellie
Portpatrick, Wigtownshire.—About 6.40 in the evening of the lit11 of April, 1949, the coastguard reported a fishing boat in difficulties to the southward, and the life-boat Jeanie Spears was launched at 7.5 in a fresh west-south- west breeze...