Swept into sea AN ANGLER SWEPT into the sea north of Filey Brigg was reported to the deputy launching authority of Filey lifeboat station by HM Coastguard at 1222 on Sunday September 25, 1983. Nine minutes later the station's D class...
It’s always difficult to choose which rescues to feature in Lifeboat magazine. With an average of 23 people rescued a day, there’s a lot of courage and determination to choose from
A person in the water. Fishermen in a...
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The women of Cresswell, Northumberland, help with the recovery of the lifeboat Martha.. - View image in PDF
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FEBRUARY 1993 David Foreman, station honorary secretary for Whitstable lifeboat from 1986 to 1993..
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Supporters have a chance to win another valuable prize in the Spring lifeboat lottery.. - View image in PDF
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The Shannon class – a new generation of all-weather lifeboat – is now ready to rescue after the first station lifeboat went on service at Dungeness, Kent.
The lifeboat, designed in-house by RNLI naval architects, harnesses...
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TYNEMOUTH | 2 OCTOBER
The crew of Tynemouth’s all-weather lifeboat made a 36-mile mercy dash to rescue an injured fisherman, after the skipper of a French trawler radioed for help. In challenging sea conditions, the lifeboat crew...
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Balancing poles are fitted just before the lifeboat is clear of the water. - View image in PDF
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John (Jackie) Innes - former Buckie lifeboat station Second Coxswain (died 3 June 2003).
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CRESSWELL, NORTHUMBERLAND. — The schooner Swift, of and from Laurvig for Newcastle, timber-laden, went ashore on the rocks during squally weather, at about 11 o'clock on the night of the 21st of December.
Some fishermen...