LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Border Queen
BIyth, Northumberland - At 11.45 a.m. on 24th March, 1968, thecoastguard told the honorary secretary that a coble had fired distress flares in Cambois bay about one mile north of the harbour mouth.
The life-boat Winston...
Proodos
OFF PENZANCE At 3 p.m. on 29th March, 1966, the honorary secretary was informed that the life-boat would be required to bring a sick man off the Greek vessel Proodos. At 6.10 the life-boat Solomon Browne was launched in a light north...
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Easter falls on a beach As the 2006 lifeguarding season got off to a brisk start, Perranporth beach unusually saw two incidents involving horse riders within a week. On Maundy Thursday, a woman was thrown from her galloping horse when it was...
Gallons of support
Caffeine, alcohol and fizzy drinks were all shunned in favour of water during our new fundraising challenge, H2Only. It was a tough ask for many of our supporters: giving up all drinks except for water for 2 weeks. But they were determined...
Category: Articles
Cover Picture
COVER PICTURE by Cumbrian Newspapers HRH The Duchess of Kent aboard Workington's Tyne class lifeboat during her visit to Cumbria. During the Duchess's visit she named Silloth's new Atlantic 75 and opened two new... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
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27th No- vember. A search of Nore Sands was made in answer to flares, but nothing was found.—Rewards, £18 6s..
Recycle and save lives!
Have you got old printer cartridges, mobile phones and gadgets that you no longer use? They could help keep our lifesavers trained and equipped. The Recycling Factory gives the RNLI a donation for every item successfully recycled and, to...
Category: Articles
An Example of Energy
THE following summary of eight months' work by a new honorary secretary, Miss G. Coventry, of Milford- on-Sea, Hampshire, deserves to be put on record.
A year ago Miss Coventry bought an old life-boat (the Mevagissey,...
Category: Articles
A Steamer (1)
Barry Dock, Glamorganshire.—1 2th August, 1938. A steamer had been reported in need of help off Flatholm, but when the life-boat, with the honorary secretary, Mr. A. C. Jones, in command, arrived at Flatholm, she found that her services were...
Wanderlust
Plymouth, Devon. At 10.13 p.m.
on 16th July, 1965, Breakwater Fort reported seeing a small boat flashing distress signals south of Mewstone. The life-boat Thomas Forehead and Mary Rowse put out at 10.29 i° a light...