LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Fishing Vessel (1)
Scottish crews out in numbers Ravaged by remnants of the hurricane season, the British Isles were soaked and windswept in late summer 2004. At the end of one of the wettest Augusts on record, the rough sea conditions off the northern tip of...
SERVICES: Exhausting Cliff Service
THK Barmouth, Merionethshire, IRB on 21st June, 1971, was requested to help in evacuating a badly injured woman who had fallen down cliff's at Friog. In view of the prevailing weather conditions the life-boat was ordered to be launched...
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October
Launches 33 Lives rescued 14
OCTOBER 3RD. - NEWHAVEN, SUSSEX.
At 8.50 at night a message was received from the Southern Railway Company that a small yacht had fired distress signals off the east pier. A...
Category: Services
Lifeboat Services
South Western Division Aground on rocks AT 0205 ON SUNDAY, February 13, the honorary secretary of St Mary's, Isles of Scilly, was requested by St Mary's Coastguard to launch to the aid of a French fishing vessel aground on rocks near...
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Sinbad
UNCONSCIOUS MEN SAVED RED FLARES seen .at 10.23 p.m. on 3rd September, 1971, six miles north of the Skerries caused the Holyhead, Anglesey, life-boat St Cybi (Civil Service No. 9) to be launched.
The life-boat, with...
Rescue
Our lifeboat crews and lifeguards carry out thousands of rescues every year (see launches on page 32). Here are just some of those caught on camera, and see the list below for more reports:
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MAYDAY 2018
DO YOUR BIT FUND OUR KIT
This May will see the return of Mayday, our big yellow welly-themed fundraising event
An annual celebration of brave lifesavers around our coasts, Mayday brings together...
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SHOW YOUR SUPPORT WITH A FUNDRAISING FISH SUPPER
5–21 OCTOBER
Last October, thousands of RNLI supporters shared hearty meals to honour the brave crew who miss dinners and special moments with loved ones to save lives at sea. The funds they raised through Fish Supper...
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Awards presented by HM King Constantine
BRONZE MEDALS FOR GALLANTRY Former Port St Mary crew member Rick Tomlinson, Lough Swilly On 16 April 1991 photographer Rick Tomlinson was taking publicity shots of the Lough Swilly D class lifeboat from his rigid inflatable when a fishing...
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Lifeboat Services
East Division MFV on lee shore THE LAUNCHING AUTHORITY Of Whitby lifeboat station was informed by Tees Coastguard at 0725 on Thursday April 8, 1982, that the coaster Nesam had observed the 60ft fishing vessel Rayella broken down in an...
Category: Services