LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Lifeboat Services
LONG TOW IN HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS Eleven men and fishing vessel saved In winds gusting to 90 knotsA difficult service in winds up to almost 90 knots earned coxswain / mechanic Hewitt Clark of the Lerwick lifeboat a Bronze Medal, recognising...
Category: Services
Daring innovation
To his friends and colleagues, David Stogdon appeared to live entirely without fear yet he was a survivor of at least two near-death experiences. In 1940, during the Second World War, the destroyer Brazen sank underneath the young naval...
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Summary of the Meetings of the Committee
THURSDAY, 7th June, 1866. THOMAS CHAPMAN, Esq., F.R.S., V.P., in the Chair.
Read and approved the Minutes of the previous Meeting, and those of the Finance and Correspondence, and Wreck and Reward...
Category: Committee
News and Views
New Severn class lifeboat for Stornoway station It has recently been agreed by the executive committee of the RNLI that Stornoway will be allocated a new Severn class lifeboat.
In 1995, Stornoway was allocated the first...
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Income and Expenditure—1st Jan. To 31st Dec., 1952
1951 s. d.
185,434 4 6 399 7 10 39,000 9 11 9,599 10 7 97 9 4 30,205 8 3 13.142 13 - 1,080 1 7 2,682 19 5 281348 4 5 016 18 6 010 11 11 2.024 7 6 1,321 17 3 92 17 2 4,006 12 4...
Category: Accounts
Lifeboats and Lifeguards In Action
Brothers and stations uniteWhen Red Bay lifeboat crew were paged, there was no immediate threat to life for the couple on the yacht, Chtoe. Yet at Red Bay station brothers Tom and Paddy McLaughlin remember thinking: 'It was blowing a...
Category: Services
Lifeboat Services
CONDITIONS OUTSIDE LIMITS FOR D CLASS Surfer saved by inshore lifeboat in severe gale and heavy seas Helmsman Stuart Roberts of Porthcawl's D class inshore lifeboat was awarded a Silver Medal for outstanding bravery during the rescue of...
Category: Services
Lifeboat Services
Three rescued after yacht is rolled in storm force winds A trocious weather conditions greeted Courtmacsherry Harbour's Trent class lifeboat when she put to sea on Saturday 24 October, headed for a yacht which had been capsized and...
Category: Services
News and Views
John McCarthy presents RNLI video Journalist and broadcaster, John McCarthy, presents the new RNLI video which is being launched at the London International Boat Show at Earl's Court this month. John, embarked on a circumnavigation of...
Category: Articles
A Powerboat Rescue By Ray Bulman
WHILE its popularity rise has not been quite so obvious when compared with the pleasure boating explosion as a whole, offshore powerboat racing today has a very strong coastwise following with events held every summer weekend at different...
Category: Articles