LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Nineteen Hours on Gale Service
COXSWAIN John MacLeod of Barra Island and the other members of the Barra Island crew have received letters of thanks, signed by the Secretary of the R.N.L.I., Captain Nigel Dixon, R.N., in recognition of a long service in which the life-boat...
Category: Services
Give it a go: Coastal birdwatching
As nesting season begins this month, RSPB Warden Paul Morrison shares some of the winged wonders along our coastlines
No one sets foot on Coquet Island, just off the Northumberland coast, except a lucky team who live in...
Category: Articles
A week in the sun
The south of England saw some gorgeous weather in June and early July, with crowds flocking to the Dorset coast. But it wasn’t fun in the sun for everyone, as RNLI lifeguards found while patrolling the beaches
The unbroken...
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Sale Now On!
A look behind the scenes at RNLI (Sales), the company which raises funds for the lifeboat service, and is also responsible for perhaps the most visible of the RNLI's images - its gifts and souvenirsWeall knowabout RNLI (Sales) don't...
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FEBRUARY 17TH. - SHERINGHAM, AND WELLS, NORFOLK. Three airmen had baled out of an American Liberator aeroplane which later crashed on fire. The Wells lifeboat searched in the morning but found nothing, and after a parachute had been reported...
Weathering the storm
As the recession continues, your support for the RNLI is more important than ever.
Six out of ten lifeboat launches are only possible thanks to legacy gifts. While we expect the number of gifts to increase over the coming...
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May
Launches 26 Lives rescued 25 The War ended on the last minute of the 8th of May
MAY 9TH. - TORBAY, DEVON. A dinghy attached to a naval motor launch was seen by the life-boat coxswain to capsize off Fishcombe Point,...
Category: Services
A Use for Old Ropes
THE ex-second coxswain at Padstow, though no longer able to go to sea, still helps the station by making mats out of its old ropes, a craft which he learnt while serving at sea. An active member of the crew also makes them. They are sold...
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JUNE 3RD. - TORBAY, DEVON. A small boy had fallen over the cliff, but was rescued by a rowing boat. - Rewards, £4 16s. 6d..
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MARCH 5TH. - GALWAY BAY. A man was seriously injured in a bad accident on the island of Kilronan, and it was necessary to take him to hospital on the mainland.
All the local boats were out fishing. So at 1.30 P.M., the...