LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Little Ships
This year saw the 70th anniversary of the mass evacuation of Allied troops from Dunkirk during the Second World War. On 30 May 1940, the RNLI received a call from the UK Ministry of Shipping, asking for as many lifeboats as possible to be...
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Alex Thomson And Dee Caffari (pictured)
Round-the-world sailors Alex Thomson and Dee Caffari (pictured) were just two of the 700 people who signed up as RNLI members at the London Boat Show in January.. - View image in PDF
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Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin.—28th October, 1939. Flashes had been seen, but the life-boat found nothing.— Rewards, £14 18s. 6d..
A Government Sea Plane
The Life-boat Jacob and Rachel Vallentine was launched at 1.10 P.M. on the 27th September to the assistance of a seaplane belonging to the Government.
The seaplane had come from Sheerness and been beached near Hasborough...
Taiseer
St. Ives, Cornwall. At 10.5 on the evening of the 17th of August, 1959, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the yacht Taiseer, which was anchored at the entrance to St.
Ives harbour, was making distress...
Success
Coxswain Reeves was called at 9.30 A.M. on the 15th November by one of the Coastguards, who reported that a barge was flying signals of distress, and required assistance. The Life-boat William Begtell was launched and proceeded to the vessel...
Una
Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex. — Shortly after 10.30 P.M. on the 5th July the coastguard received a message from the Gunfleet lighthouse that the Barrow Deep light-vessel was firing signals of distress. The weather was fine, with a calm sea and...
London Resolution
Penlee, Cornwall. At 9.10 on the evening of the 23rd of September, 1959, the coxswain was informed that there was a sick seaman aboard the tanker London Resolution of London. The tanker was expected to reach a position five miles south of...
Entry For The RNLI/Barclays Paddington Bear Photo Competition
Dear Editor Here’s my entry for the RNLI/Barclays Paddington Bear photo competition, taken on our holiday in the Canadian Rockies.
Hope I’m not too late. [Unfortunately you were, Gary! Ed.] All the best Gary Stanbury... - View image in PDF
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A Dinghy
Workington, Cumberland - At 8.39 p.m. on llth September, 1969, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that he had received reports of a small boat flashing a white light about one and a half miles off Harrington. The signal appeared...