LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Heiloo
HELP FOR DUTCH VESSEL At 7.24 p.m. on I7th November, 1963, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the Dutch motor vessel Heiloo, of Flushing, was aground on the Knoll Sands. There was a gale from the southsouth- west with a...
Lifeboat Services
Eastern Division Radio ship aground WHILE HER CREW were still on board after returning from a rough weather exercise on Wednesday March 19, Sheerness lifeboat received a VHP call at 1753 from Thames Coastguard telling them that the radio...
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Notes of the Quarter
THE remarkable variety of the services which life-boat crews are called upon to perform today is clearly shown in the accounts received from the stations during the spring and early summer of this year and recorded in these...
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The Admiralty Torpedo Craft C.T.21 (1)
JANUARY 23RD. - DONAGHADEE, CO. DOWN, AND PORTRUSH, CO. ANTRIM At 2.6 in the afternoon the Bangor coastguard reported a vessel in distress off Ballywhlskin.
There was a thick fog, but the sea was...
From 1903 to 1931 the Headquarters of the R.N.L.I, Were at 22 Charing Cross Road, London, W.C.2. Teas and Luncheons Were Conveniently Obtainable Next Door.
From 1903 to 1931 the headquarters of the R.N.L.I, were at 22 Charing Cross Road, London, W.C.2.
Teas and luncheons were conveniently obtainable next door..
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Above: a Welcome Sight
Above: A welcome sight for the Lone yachtsman: Frederick Storey Cockburn coming to the rescue. - View image in PDF
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On Passage With the R.N.L.I.
The passages of two new life-boats to their stations are described here by men who were aboard. The first account, reproduced by courtesy of the Eastern Daily Press in which it appeared on 28th October, 1964, is written by Dr. P. S. Barclay,...
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Shoreline
THE ANNUAL ACCOUNTS submitted to the Institution's governors at the Royal Festival Hall in London on May 15 showed that Shoreline had contributed £934,400 to the RNLI's funds in 1983, an increase of more than £165,000. At...
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Donaghadee Co Down and Portpatrick Wigtownshire
The distance between Donaghadee, Co Down and Portpatrick, Wigtownshire, is approximately 22 miles and is one of the trickiest sea crossings in UK waters. On one Saturday in July 1985, after waiting a week for a favourable weather forecast,... - View image in PDF
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September (1)
EYEMOUTH, BERWICKSHIRE. About 11.30 in the morning of the 26th of May, 1944, the motor fishing boat Cecil Rhodes, with six men on board, caught fire while fishing some nine miles north-north-east of Eyemouth. A light westerly wind was...
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