LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Boy Eric
Exmouth, South Devon - At 10.7 p.m. on I2th June, 1966, it was reported that red flares had been sighted about two miles off Orcombe point. The lifeboat Michael Stevens left her moorings at 10.20 in a moderate to fresh south south easterly...
Lundy Gannet
Appledore, Devon. On the 13th of April, 1960, the motor vessel Lundy Gannet was returning from Lundy Island to Bideford on the evening tide with six people on board, including four passengers, when the keel band came adrift and threatened to...
Gadwall
Torbay, Devon.—At 2.26 on the morn- ing of the 26th of July, 1957, the Berry Head coastguard telephoned that a small boat was in difficulties three miles cast of Berry Head. At 2.58 the life-boat George Skee put out in a moderate sea. There...
A Boat from H.M.S. Pomerol
APRIL 1 ST. - TORBAY, DEVON. At 11.53 P.M. on 31st March, a message was received from the resident naval officer at Brixham that a boat from H.M.S. Pomerol with men on board was adrift outside the harbour. A fresh S.S.E. gale was blowing,...
An Aeroplane (72)
SEPTEMBER 21ST. APPLEDORE, DEVON. An aeroplane was reported to have crashed eight miles north of Hartland Point, and at four in the afternoon the motor life-boat Violet Armstrong was launched. A squally N.W. by W. wind was blowing, with a...
The Auxiliary Yawl Mutin
DECEMBER 6TH. - TORBAY, DEVON.
At 8.2 A.M. the Berry Head coastguard reported a small sailing vessel two miles E.N.E,. from Berry Heed making S.O.S. signals, A W.N.W. gale was blowing, with a heavy sea. The motor life-boat...
IN PRAISE of SHOREHAM LIFE-BOATMEN
On 3rd November, 1968, the Dutch warship Rotterdam towed the yacht Storm, which was carrying a man, his wife and child, to within a few miles of Shoreham and then requested the assistance of the local life-boat. Considerable difficulties...
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The Life-Boat of the Royal National Life-Boat Institution
Fig. i.
Body Plan. Midship Section.
The accompanying figures show the general form, the nature of the fittings, and air-chambers of one of these boats, 33 feet in length and 8 feet in breadth. In figs. 1...
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Unsung Heroes: Steve Robinson
Kinghorn Lifeboat Station’s tractor driver tells us what it’s like to be a part of the RNLI family
How are you involved with the RNLI?
I was senior helm, retiring in 1995. In 2014 I rejoined as tractor driver....
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Unsung heroes: Elsie Macrae
Elsie has been an education volunteer in the north east of Scotland for 2 years
What’s your day job?
I used to work offshore as an engineer on oil rigs, but I’ve been called to the ministry so am currently studying for...
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