LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
An Aeroplane (20)
SEPT. 18TH. - SENNEN COVE, CORNWALL.
An aeroplane had been reported down in the sea, but the life-boat was recalled by the coastguard as her services were not needed. - Rewards, £12 5s..
An Aeroplane (20)
FEBRUARY 1 8TH. - CLOUGHEY, CO.
DOWN. A British aeroplane had come down in the sea, but it was found by an R.A.F.
rescue launch. - Rewards, £21 13s. 6d..
A Shore Thing
Howard Richings continues his tour of the RNLI's lifeboat stations It's an ill wind that blows no good. 1998 certainly began in fine style if one was into windsurfing, whereas in January 1997 it would have required an icebreaker to...
Category: Articles
Services of the Life-Boats of the National Life-Boat Institution—continued
RAMSEY, ISLE OF MAN.—The schooner Pausillipo, of Ramsey, while on a voyage from Whitehaven with coals, was caught in a gale off Ramsey, and after losing her mainboom, and having her mainsail split, went ashore, in a leaky state, to leeward...
Category: Services
New Year Honours
A number of RNLI people have been named on HM The Queen’s New Year Honours list:
• OBE: Richard Edward Dominic Langford, Chairman of the RYA and Ex-Officio Member of the RNLI Council, for services to sailing and...
Category: Articles
Francis's Metallic Life-Saving Car
In an account of the New York Life-Saving Association, in the 19th Number of this Journal, we alluded to a metallic Life-Car, which, in conjunction with the mortar and rocket life apparatus, had been instrumental in saving a large...
Category: Articles
Staithes and Runswick's Atlantic 21 Lord Brotherton
Staithes and Runswick's Atlantic 21 Lord Brotherton. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
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AUGUST 14TH. - FLAMBOROUGH , YORKSHIRE. Some people had been marooned in the cliffs, but when the lifeboat was launched her propeller was fouled by rubbish, and when she was ready to go she was not needed. - Rewards, £8 11s..
June
June Launches 67. Lives rescued 178.
JUNE 2ND. - RAMSGATE, KENT. The life-boat helped in bringing wounded men ashore from a vessel.
For details see “ Evacuation of Men of the British Expeditionary Force...
Category: Services
Above: the Boats Line Up Ready for the Helicopter Exercise
Above: The boats line up ready for the helicopter exercise Picluie: Paul Glatiel. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs