LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Out on a shout
What do you understand by the term ‘shout’ in lifeboating? Is it simply the launch or the entire rescue mission? Is it derived literally from the call to action and who used it first – volunteeers or the mass media? Searching the newly...
Category: Articles
Lives on the line
As storms lashed our coasts last Christmas, a crew of sailors found themselves without engine or sail power – and drifting into the path of a 218m cruise liner …
When the Cowes lifeboat...
Category: Articles
Obituaries
IT is with deep regret that we record the following deaths: Mrs I. P. Macintyre, patron of Airdrie branch since its re-constitution in 1980. Mrs Macintyre served as the guild honorary secretary from 1930 to 1957 and as president from 1957 to...
Category: Obituaries
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Capsize WEXFORD GARDA informed the honorary secretary of Kilmore Quay lifeboat station at 0115 on Saturday, December 24, 1977, that four red flares had been sighted off Bannow Bay towards the Saltees. At 0130 maroons were fired by the...
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Torbay's Arun class lifeboat Edward Bridges had to approach within inches of a cliff on 9 December 1988 to rescue a climber, who had fallen some 20ft into the sea at Berry Head.
The accident happened at a climb known as...
Torbay
TORBAY, Sunday January 12, 1986: a 15-year-old boy had fallen 100 ft down a cliff to the south of Berry Head. A coastguard cliff rescue team had gone to his assistance and Torbay's 54 ft Arun class lifeboat, Edward Bridges, launched so... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Band Spirit
Band spirit Tynemouth lifeboat band, otherwise known as Lenny Park and the Pagers, have been gigging regularly to raise cash for lifeboat coffers.
To date the band has helped Supporters Ashore of the Lifeboat at Tynemouth... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Plans get the green light
The Borough of Poole has granted the RNLI planning permission, allowing us to commence build work on our new All-weather Lifeboat Centre. This decision is a monumental one that will save the RNLI millions of pounds, bringing future...
Category: Articles
(Right) Cyril Watts With His Wife Rita on Board Centaur 731 Eilean Sitheil In Which Last Summer He Completed a Sponsored Circumnavigation of Britain Starting from the Br
(Right) Cyril Watts, with his wife Rita, on board Centaur 731, Eilean Sitheil, in which last summer he completed a sponsored circumnavigation of Britain, starting from the Bristol Channel; he expects to raise £1,000 for the RNLI. Mr... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Cunopus
Sails blown out RED FLARES SIGHTED in the vicinity of Les Hanois Lighthouse were reported to the honorary secretary of St Peter Port lifeboat station at 2215 on Friday, November 11, 1977. A quarter of an hour later the 52ft Arun lifeboat Sir...