LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Dredger and a Hopper
Workington, Cumberland. At 2.30 on the morning of the 29th November, 1961, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a dredger and a hopper had broken from their moorings off Workington and were drifting ashore. The life-boat Man-...
Freda, Dorothy, Brighter Hope and Enterprise
OCTOBER 10TH. - WHITBY, YORKSHIRE.
At about 10.30 A.M. the harbour entrance had become dangerous owing to a heavy fresh which was running out on the ebb tide. A strong N.N.W. breeze was blowing, and the sea was rough. Four...
Three Aeroplanes
APRIL 20TH. - CLACTON - ON - SEA, ESSEX. A German aeroplane had been shot down in flames, but the only survivor was picked up by another boat. The lifeboat then learnt that two British aeroplanes had come down and joined in the search for...
(Left) Heavy Weather Is Not a Problem
(left) Heavy weather is not a problem for a well prepared yacht with an experienced crew - but being pooped by a sea like this finds any weakness in the vessel, her equipment and crew. Weymouth's Arun class lifeboat was involved in this... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
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Port St. Mary, Isle of Man. At 3.10 on the afternoon of the 30th of Decem- ber, 1959, the life-boat R. A. Colby Cubbin No. 2 was launched to take pro- visions to the light-keepers on Chicken Rock lighthouse, who had been cut off for nearly...
Healthspan
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Category: Advertisement
List of the Rewards for Saving Life from Wrecks, Voted By the Royal National Life-Boat Institution
GOD HELP OUR MEN AT SEA.
TO THE CREWS OF ITS LIFE-BOATS, TO SHORE AND FISHING BOATS CREWS, AND OTHER PERSONS, FROM THE 1ST JANUARY TO THE 31sT DECEMBER, 1864.
Jan. 2, 1864.—The Newcastle, County Down,...
Category: Articles
A Dinghy
Margate, Kent.—At 5.54 on the morn- ing of the 4th of September, 1953, the coastguard telephoned that the North Goodwin lightvessel had reported that a dinghy had drifted past her with an unidentified object hanging on its...
A Life-Boat Revue at Hythe
THE Hythe life-boat crew and their friends gave their third entertainment last February.1 This time it was a revue in four scenes called "Lifeboatania." It began with a representation of a storm and a rescue so realistic that the...
Category: Branches
Safety In Numbers
Congratulations! Thanks to the hard work and dedication of the RNLI's supporters the lifeboat service is now on an extremely sound financial footing, and looks set to continue that way. Twenty years ago things were far from rosy, but...
Category: Articles