LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Mersey
The Mersey was the first 'fast' carriage-launched lifeboat, introduced in 1988.. - View image in PDF
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Contents
Is your child at risk? Page 3 Lifeguards in action Page 21 Building the Atlantics Page 29 Dougie Munro and Aileen Jones honoured Page 43 News To the rescue in Russia Vital volunteers The story behind the RNLI Sales company Lifeboat Lottery...
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What did you learn at school today?
Some brave RNLI volunteers face 10m waves and force 9 gales; others find themselves at the mercy of 30 excitable 5-year-olds. So how do we help save lives from the relative safety of the...
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Albatross
Propeller fouled NUMEROUS TELEPHONE CALLS were received by Brixham Coastguard at about 0120 on Wednesday August 18, 1982, reporting the sighting of red flares off Teignmouth Pier. Teignmouth Coastguard rescue company were immediately alerted...
Frangipani
Sick yachtsman rescued in Gale force winds and 15ft seasJohn Hartland, 42, helmsman of the Withernsea inshore lifeboat has been awarded the Institution's Bronze Medal for bravery following the landing of a sick yachtsman in extreme and...
Scotia, of Carnavon
On the 10th March, the schooner Scotia, of Carnarvon, anchored in a heavy S.W. gale off Trefadoc, near Holy- head : she soon commenced to drag her anchors, and was observed to be driving fast towards the Clipera Rocks. The Holy- head...
Depositor
PIEL, LANCASHIRE.—The ship Depositor, of Halifax, N.S., in ballast, was seen in a dangerous position on the foul ground 2J miles S. of Walney lighthouse, on the morning of Sunday, the 26th October.
She had been in tow of a...
Our Inland Branches. Settle
DOES our reader know where Settle is, or the description of country that has to be traversed in making the journey to this part of England ? The question will pro- bably be answered in the negative, as it is a small market town of some 2000...
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Life-Boats for the Coast of Scotland
THE ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION, which has already numerous Lifeboat Stations on the English and Irish Coasts, is desirous to extend its work of usefulness to the Coasts of Scotland, that every part of the United Kingdom may be...
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First Lifeboat at Skegness 30Ft Overall
First lifeboat at Skegness, 30ft overall, was built by William Plenty. - View image in PDF
She is portrayed here going to the rescue of the brig Hermione in 1833, Coxswain Samuel Moody at her helm.. - View image in PDF
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