LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Services of the Life-Boats
Ranugate, Kent.—During a strong S.S.W. gale on the 17th February the fishing-vessel Iris of Lowestoft, carrying a crew of three hands, stranded in Pegwell Bay. Information that the vessel was in danger reached Ramsgate at 11.45 A.M., and the...
Category: Services
Lyrma
Gold medal AT 0058 ON MONDAY, December 6, 1976, the honorary secretary of Torbay lifeboat station was informed by the Coastguard that the motor vessel Lyrma had requested immediate assistance six miles east of Start Point. Her exact position...
Seaway Endeavour
Nine rescued from ketch ashore on sands near Chichester Bar A difficult service which led to the rescue of nine people from a yacht aground on the East Pole Sands, just outside Chichester Harbour, has led to the chairman of the RNLI sending...
Shoreline Section
AT THE TIME of writing we have over 12,000 subscribing members and new enrolments average 12 per working day.
Already subscriptions are making a worthwhile addition to the funds required by the RNLI. Our aim is to reach a...
Category: Articles
Crew Member John Dew Torbay Photograph By Courtesy of Torbay Herald Express
Crew Member John Dew, Torbay. - View image in PDF
photograph by courtesy of Torbay Herald Express. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
RESCUE
Our lifeboat crews and lifeguards carry out thousands of rescues every year. Here are just some of those caught on camera, and see the following pages for more reports:
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Category: Articles
Al Mor
Over marshes AT ABOUT 1630 on Wednesday December 17, 1980, Alan Coster, assistant harbour master at Lymington and a member of the lifeboat crew, received a telephone call from the Sealink offices, Lymington, with information relayed from a...
Prime Position
Mrs Thatcher with the media and the crew of the Fowey lifeboat. The planned exercise with a helicopter ended with the lifeboat going to the aid of a 32ft yacht. (Photo Harry and Bi/lie Graeme). - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Fathers and Sons: Richard and Andrew Tollett Both Crew Members of Rye Harbour
Fathers and sons: Richard and Andrew Tollett, both crew members of Rye Harbour D class inflatable lifeboat, are the first Rye father and son to go out on service together since complete families were lost in the lifeboat disaster of 1928.<... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Barra Island:
Barra Island: At 0812 on Saturday July 21, 1984, Barra Island's 48ft 6in Solent class lifeboat, Hugh William Viscount Gough, was launched under the command of Coxswain/Mechanic John Macneil, following a MAYDAY from the survey ship Geotek... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs