LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
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STRUCK ROCK At 5.40 p.m. on 28th May, 1966, the trawler Welsh Consort struck a rock at the entrance to Castlebay Harbour when leaving. She blew her siren continuously and the life-boat R.A. Colby Cubbin No. 3 was launched at 6...
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FEBRUARY 16TH. - SKEGNESS, LINCOLNSHIRE.
During activity in the air in the early morning red lights had been reported some miles out at sea, but nothing was found. - Rewards, £29 11s. 6d..
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MARCH 2ND. - ALDEBURGH, SUFFOLK.
Men in an open boat had been reported off Thorpeness, but the “ boat ” was found to be a barrage balloon. - Rewards, £16 9s. 6d..
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FEBRUARY 23RD. - CAMPBELTOWN, ARGYLLSHIRE, AND GIRVAN, AYRSHIRE.
A red light had been reported and information was received that a man had fallen overboard from an aircraft carrier, but nothing was found. - Rewards :...
Books
• The Pocket Oxford Guide to Sailing Terms has been abridged by Ian Dean- —himself a keen sailor—from the classic work by Peter Kemp, Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea. The slim volume, published by Oxford University Press, price...
Category: Articles
The Sailing Barge Olive May and theYachts Marieta and Saeth (1)
Effective co-operation A FRESH WEST by southerly breeze gusting to near gale, force 7, was blowing along the south coast off Eastbourne on the afternoon of Monday September 1, 1986, when the town's 16ft D class inflatable lifeboat was...
Calaharis and Moss Rose, and White Knight (1)
North Sea Hurricane FORCE 9-10 north north east wind; rough sea with a heavy swell; low water; visibility down to about a half to one mile on an overcast morning with frequent hail and snow squalls; Flamborough lifeboat already at sea...
Royal National Life-Boat Institution, For the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck
ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION, For the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck.
FOUNDED IN 1824.
Supported by Voluntary Contributions.
PATRONESS.
HER MOST...
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Concorde Noses Down the Thames for Its Last Journey
One of the RNLI Thames lifeboats turned out to see Concorde making her final journey during April. It was an unusual event because instead of flying at an altitude of 11 miles, Concorde was 'sailing' along the Thames aboard a barge.... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Annual Meetings
The RNLI's Annual General Meeting and Presentation of Awards were held once again on London's South Bank on Tuesday 10 May 1994. Once again both meetings attracted a large and interested assembly to hear of the Institution's work...
Category: Meetings