LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Atlas
SEATON CAREW, Co. DURHAM.—On the llth March, at about 8.30 P.M., during a violent gale from the N.E., accompanied by thick snow-showers and a very heavy sea, signals of distress were exhibited from the Long Scar Books off this...
Passenger Steamers and the Life-Boat Service
THE Institution receives each year from a number of the big shipping com- panies part of the proceeds of collec- tions which have been made on board their ships on behalf of different chari- ties. The increasing numbers, as well as the...
Category: Articles
Naming Ceremony: Fleetwood
The naming of Lady of Lancashire FLEETWOOD'S NEW 44' WAVENEY LIFEBOAT by HRH The Duke of Kent PRESIDENT OF THE RNLIA LARGE CROWD lined the seafront at Fleetwood to see HRH The Duke of Kent name the new lifeboat. The early evening sun...
Category: Inaugurations
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Injured men A HANG GLIDER crashed on the rocks of Beachy Head and the pilot badly injured was reported to Eastbourne lifeboat station by Fairlight Coastguard at 1524.on April 23. Eight minutes later the D class ILB was launched and, crewed...
Constanze
Six saved from sinking German yachtA service by the Dover lifeboat, the Thames class Rotary Service, on 25 August 1992 has earned her coxswain, Anthony Hawkins, and his crew a letter of appreciation from Commodore George Cooper, the RNLI'...
Silver Quest (2)
Five lifeboats in long search for lost fishermen Newcastle, Co. Down's, Oakley class lifeboat Jane Hay and Portaferry's Atlantic 21 Blue Peter V took part in long searches for the two crewmen from a fishing boat Silver Quest which...
Rnli news
Newspoint Technology and efficiency Technology moves on apace, and any organisation which seeks to stay effective and efficient must move with it.
Lifeboats are continually developing as new techniques and equipment become...
Category: Articles
R.N.L.I. Active In Spanish Waters
LAST year the R.N.L.I, sent two of its latest life-boats to Spain, the mission following a visit to this country by a Spanish Red Cross delegation to investigate the structure of the R.N.L.I, and to look at various types of...
Category: Services
Durdham
New Tyne keeps disabled tug off Devon rocks Salcombe - South West Division The qualities of Salcombe's new Tyne class lifeboat Baltic Exchange II were put to the test on 21 October 1988 in a service which led to the coxswain, Frank Smith...
Jenny Wren
Crew transferred to casualty in near-gale conditions The chief of operations has written to Bembridge lifeboat station commending the coxswain and crew for their efforts during a five-hour service in rough conditions on 14 July...