LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

Penlee, Cornwall - At 5 p.m. on loth September, 1966, the life-boat was asked to take a sick man off the motor vessel Ramadhan which would be arriving in Mounts Bay at about 8.45. The life-boat Solomon Browne was launched at 7.30. It was low...

FEB. 16TH. - DOVER, KENT. An aeroplane had been reported to have dived into the sea, but it had come down to within a few feet of the sea and had then flown away.- Partly permanent paid crew : Rewards, £1 18s..

CARNSORE, Co. WEXFORD.—On the 25th August the yacht Linda, of Bray, having been caught in a gale of wind from the N.E. on a lee shore, with only two men on board, who had no provisions, those men remained in great peril for some...

Tenby, Pembrokeshire.—31st August, 1939. A cry for help had been heard by three boys from the Lydstep Caves.

The motor life-boat was launched, and a coastguard search party went by car along the top of the cliff, and got...

A CUP, which was offered by the Daily Express for the best model of a boat in a competition staged in connection with the National Boat Show at Earls Court, was won by Mr. Arthur Sallis of Brighton. His model was of the Plymouth life-boat,...

At 3.52 p.m. on 23rd August, 1966, information was received that a hovercraft had broken down west of the bathing pool. At 4.9 the life-boat Fairlight was launched. It was one hour before high water. The life-boat towed the hovercraft, which...

Cliff rescue: Just as Torbay lifeboat crew, together with the honorary secretary, were embarking on the 54ft Arun lifeboat Edward Bridges (Civil Service No. 37), at 1445 on Sunday May 24, for exercise and to take part in the annual Blessing... - View image in PDF

Restaurant owner Nick Constandinos visited Poole HQ in December to present a cheque for £70 to RNLI appeals secretary Anthony Oliver (r). It was the proceeds from the sale of the first two crates of Beaujolais Nouveau 1982 which had... - View image in PDF