LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Notes of the Quarter By the Editor
IN THE EARLY HOURS of November 30, 1973, the motor vessel Burtonia sank off the east coast of England with the loss of four lives. Three men were picked up by another motor vessel and one by Aldeburgh lifeboat. The Aldeburgh and Lowestoft...
Category: Articles
Fishing Boats
OCTOBER 2 2ND. - SCARBOROUGH, YORKSHIRE. Shortly before noon the sea became heavy, with an easterly wind blowing.
A number of fishing boats were making for harbour and the motor life-boat Herbert Joy II was launched at noon...
Mersey Class Number 12-002 Takes to the Water at Hastings on the Press Launch for the New Aluminium-Hulled Boat She Is to Be Stationed There After Operational Trials
Mersey class number 12-002 takes to the water at Hastings on the press launch for the new, aluminium-hulled boat. She is to be stationed there after operational trials. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
'Send help'
When holidaymakers got trapped between cliffs and 2m waves with no way of calling the Coastguard, could anyone help them escape?
‘This was another idyllic sunny day so we headed out for a...
Category: Articles
South/Midlands/East Community News
Cowes
COWES CUTS ITS PLASTIC
As well as saving lives at sea, Cowes lifeboat crew are playing their part in saving the planet – by cutting down on plastic. Small changes can make a big difference and, in...
Category: Articles
Naming Ceremonies and Dedications
Exmouth A WARM SUMMER'S DAY on the South Devon coast, royal visitors and a naming ceremony were guaranteed to bring holidaymakers, local inhabitants and lifeboat supporters to every vantage point in and around the Exmouth docks when...
Category: Inaugurations
Flotilla Special
International Gathering The week of midsummer 1999 will be remembered for a very long time by thousands of lifeboat people from the UK and Republic of Ireland and right around the world The unprecedented spectacle of the lifeboat sail-past...
Category: Articles
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Long search rewarded FOLLOWING A REPORT that some people had been cut off by the tide in the Beacon Cove area, Newquay's 17ft 6in C class inflatable lifeboat had launched on the afternoon of Sunday August 3, 1986. It was a fine day with...
The Fundraisers
Starting them young! J o s e p h Stravrinidis, aged six, of Southport has been doing sterling work for the RNLI. During the September meeting of the S o u t h p o r t branch, he presented the treasurer with money raised by selling drawings...
Category: Articles