LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Birthday Honours
RNLI Patron HM The Queen has honoured the following with Member, Order of the British Empire (MBE) for voluntary service to maritime safety: • Joel Grunnill (Chairman, Skegness Lifeboat Management Group) • Patrick Wood (Chairman, Harpenden...
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Salmond visit
Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond called into Queensferry Lifeboat Station on 22 June. He was shown around the station, introduced to the crew and presented with a framed photo of Queensferry’s Atlantic 75 lifeboat Donald and Ethel Macrae...
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Brothers
On the 26th November last the brig Brothers, laden with coal, ran on shore on the north side of the Tyne, when the South Shields life-boat quickly proceeded to her, and rescued her crew of six persons, taking them safely into the...
Thoughtful, of Sunderland
On the 11th January, the brig Thoughtful, of Sun- derland, bound from that port to London with coals, dragged her anchors, and came on shore during a gale of wind from the E.N.E. and heavy sea. The Yarmouth surf life-boat was quickly...
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JANUARY 11TH. - PEEL, AND PORT ERIN, ISLE OF MAN. Amber-coloured rockets had been seen and the Peel life-boat went out. Later a red flare was seen in the direction of the life-boat and the Port Erin life-boat put out, but nothing was found.-...
Flood rescuers in action
As Lifeboat magazine went to print, RNLI Flood Rescue Team members were returning home after going to the aid of those affected by floods in Cumbria. The team, working alongside other emergency services from 6-8 December, helped...
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A Steamer
FEBRUARY 6TH. - PORT ASKAIG , HEBRIDES. A steamer had been reported in distress fifteen miles west of Rhinns Point, Islay, but by the time the life-boat reached her she had made repairs and was going on her way. - Rewards, £18...
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DECEMBER 16TH. - HARTLEPOOL, DURHAM. A motor vessel which had broken down was able to carry out repairs and to come in without help. The owners made a gift to the Institution. - Rewards, £14 18s. 6d.
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JANUARY 15TH- HARTLEPOOL, DURHAM. Distress signals had been reported, thought to be from an enemy aeroplane which had come down after being hit during an attack on shipping, but nothing was found. - Rewards, £18 2s.
An R.A.F. Pinnace
OCTOBER 10TH. - PORT ASKAIG, ARGYLLSHIRE. An R.A.F. pinnace had foundered and her crew had taken to their small boat, but they were rescued by H.M.S. Lochiel a few minutes before the arrival of the life-boat. - Rewards, £10 9s. 6d..<...