LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
April
Launches 42 Lives rescued 16 APRIL 1ST. - NEWBIGGIN, NORTHUMAPRIL BERLAND. At 1.40 in the afternoon the coastguard reported that the local fishing coble Fisher Lass was overdue. There was a dense fog, and a heavy swell was breaking on the...
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Services of the Life-Boats of the Royal National Life-Boat Institution
RAMSGATE.—On the 2nd January, 1894,was blowing S. by E., and there was a good deal of swell on the sea. The Life- boat Ellen and Eliza, was promptly launched and on reaching the spot found that the barque Agerden haying lost her reckoning in...
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Y.L.A. Section
A New Appointment MR. Alasdair Garrett has been appointed to promote the Yachtsmen's Life-boat Supporters' Association in the field and to start what, it is hoped, will be a big and successful drive to recruit new members. For some...
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Splash
The chief of operations has written to the Commissioners of Irish Lights thanking the keeper and crew of the Kish Bank lighthouse for their assistance during a five-hour search for a yacht in difficulties. Without their help it might have...
Susilla
High and dry on the Solway Firth From the shifting sand and mud banks of the Solway Firth, the grounded yacht Susiila radioed for help. It took a joint service by Workington and Silloth Lifeboats to locate the yacht and find a way to reach...
SAILING TODAY
GET 3 ISSUES FOR JUST £1 We're delighted to offer members of the RNLI the opportunity to try the next 3 issues of Sailing Today for just £1. That's just 33p an issue compared to the shop price of...
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How "Life-Boat Flag Days" Are Arranged
ON the outbreak of War last year many Branch Committees felt that the arrangements which they had in prospect for the benefit of the Institution should be abandoned and their labours devoted to the many War Funds which immediately sprang...
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The Met Office
DIAL BEFORE YOU SAIL PORTSMOUTH BRIGHTON BOURNEMOUTH Now, before sailing, you can check the latest coastal weather conditions anywhere in the UK, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week — simply by picking up your telephone.
The...
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The Cyprus-Registered Cargo Vessel Retriever
TWO BOATS AT SEA FOR A TOTAL OF 13 HOURS Escort for listing cargo boat in 70 knot winds Sennen Cove and Clovelly - South West Division Sennen Cove's relief Rother The Davys Family was launched in winds gusting up to 71 knots on 25 March...
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