LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Coxswain's Third Silver Medal
Shoals had been finally cleared the coxswain set course for Longhope. The life- boat reached Longhope pier at 6.30 and landed the survivors. She was refuelled and ready for service again at 7 o'clock.
In addition to the...
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People and Places
Drama after the draw! The former Beirut hostage, John McCarthy, and comedienne Sandi Toksvig drew a massive crowd to Weymouth's harbourside when they kept a promise to the RNLI to pick the winning tickets in the 66th National Lottery.<...
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Additional Stations and New Life-Boats
NEW BRIGHTON, CHESHIRE.—A life-boat station, in connection with the NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION, has been established at New Brighton, on the south shore of the Mersey, near Liverpool, and a tubular lifeboat, on the plan of the late H....
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Life-Boat Saturday Fund
ON 3rd November, 1910, the following notice appeared in the Press :— With a view to economy and to unity of effort and control, the work of collecting money for the Royal National Life-boat Insti- tution hitherto done in certain directions...
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Lleyn Peninsula: Abersoch Criccieth Porthdinllaen and Pwllheli By Joan Davies
JUTTING OUT boldly into the Irish Sea, open to winter gales from most points of the compass, the beautiful Lleyn Peninsula of North Wales has its share of hazards to shipping. Over the years many vessels have been wrecked on its shores and...
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The Most Dangerous Part of a Boat...... is the skipper
Statistics show that more than half the RNLI's lifeboat launches are to pleasure craft. The situation is one which the pleasure boating fraternity is aware of, and which the sport's national body is making every effort to remedy.<...
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ROPE TRICKS
With a yacht pinned to rocks in 60mph winds and driving rain, Tobermory lifeboat crew would need to quickly overcome some hurdles to save the four people onboard
The 2018 summer heatwave took a dramatic turn at the end of...
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Lobo
Five saved from foundering yacht When five Danish sailors found themselves in difficulties off the Yorkshire coast with their engine :ailing in appalling weather, the Bridlington lifeboat crew needed all their skill, courage and...
The Life-Boats of the United Kingdom
LV. GREAT YARMOUTH.—The Abra- ham Thomas, 28 feet by 9 feet, 10 oars.
LVI. CAISTER. The Covent Garden, 42 feet by 11J feet, 14 oars.
LVII. Ditto. The Godsend, 33JL feet by 10 feet, 12 oars.
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The Romanian Cargo Ship Savinesti
Blizzard ON THURSDAY MORNING February 15 a Romanian cargo ship, Savinesti, with 28 people on board was reported in distress 125° 37.5 miles from Spurn Point; she had engine failure and was dragging her anchor. After liaison (made more...