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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A stunning collection of glass plate negatives brings the RNLI’s lifesaving history into a new light
The RNLI’s Heritage Team are always on the look-out for artefacts and materials that document the lifesaving work of the...
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COXSWAIN WATCHES TILL YACHT IS EM TROUBLE Appledore, Devon. During the morning of the 21st July, 1962, the coxswain saw a small motor yacht with one man on board leave Appledore in a strong westerly breeze and an ebbing tide. He kept the...
YACHT FOUND DRAGGING ANCHOR IN GALE Dover, Kent. At 9.30 on the evening of the 26th August, 1962, a message was received that the yacht Marabu of the Royal Naval Sailing Association, which was sheltering in Dover harbour, was dragging her...
YACHT TOWED TO HARBOUR Ramsgate, Kent. At 7.40 on the morning of the 13th March, 1963, the coxswain informed the honorary secretary that a yacht was aground on the harbour bar and in need of help. The weather was fine with light airs and a...
Yacht race supponers Kelp to raise funds by watching the action from the safety of Solent Cat. - View image in PDF
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Howth, Co. Dublin. At two o'clock on the afternoon of the 4th of August, 1958, the life-boat R.P.L. left her station for Malahide with twelve collectors for the local flag day on board. She arrived at 2.45, and a quarter of an hour later...
LIFE-BOAT OUT TO THREE YACHTS IN ONE NIGHT Bembridge, Isle of Wight. At 7.21 on the evening of the 2nd June, 1963, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a smail yacht with a split sail half a mile off Sandown needed help. At...
Weston-super-Mare, Somerset. On the afternoon of the 11th of May, 1958, the deputy honorary secretary and members of the life-boat crew were watching a yacht race, when a sudden squall sprang up, the weather grew worse, and several...