LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Services of the Life-Boats of the National Life-Boat Institution from the 1st April to the 30th Sept. 1877
EYEMOUTH, N.B.—After a heavy which had been blowing for some days, temporary fine weather induced several fish- ing-boats to go to sea on the 5th April. Soon afterwards heavy ground seas set in, and fishing-boats from Eyemouth and several...
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An Aeroplane (28)
Nov. 3RD. - BARRY DOCK, GLAMORGANSHIRE.
It had been reported that what looked like an aeroplane on fire had fallen into the sea. A few seconds later a parachute landed in the same position. It was found later that the...
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Family of five snatched to safety from base of cliff on rising tide A service by Little and Broad Haven's D class on 23 September 1995 to a family stranded at the base of a cliff on a rising tide has led to the award of the...
WAVING ANNIE GOODBYE
Wicklow lifeboat crew reflect on 30 years of lifesaving with the last of the Tyne class lifeboats – the Annie Blaker
In 1982, Dexy’s Midnight Runners got the world on the dancefloor. A little boy named William became third...
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With Summer around the corner, it may prove difficult to remember the frozen winter months, and as usual, the hardest hit by snow were Scotland and the North.
Sea transport showed its advantages in these conditions as RNLI...
Saving Life from Shipwreck
IN the Wreck Returns presented by the Board of Trade every year to Parliament, it is recorded that, from the very nature of the circumstances, the largest number of lives saved from founderings and collisions in the seas of the British Isles...
Category: Articles
Services of the Life-Boats of the Royal National Life-Boat Institution
WINTERTON, NORFOLK.—On the morn- ing of the 23rd December, 1886, signals of distress were observed about a mile distant from Winterton, during a strong N. gale aad a very heavy sea, shown by two vessels which had been in collision. The Win-...
Category: Services
December 28 1973: Engineer from the Hull Trawler Lord Nelson With Badly Fractured Leg Being Taken Abroad Calouste Gulbenkian on Relief Duty at Bridlington
December 28, 1973: engineer from the hull trawler * *~ Lord Nelson, with badly fractured leg, being taken abroad Calouste Gulbenkian, on relief duty at Bridlington. It was the second service for the lifeboat and her crew in an | hour and a... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
A Celebration for Some of the Swimmers Who Successfully Completed a Relay Swim Across the Solent from Ryde to Southsea Castle It Took the Party of Children and Adults Two Hours and Six Minut
A celebration for some of the swimmers who successfully completed a relay swim across the Solent from Ryde to Southsea Castle. It took the party of children and adults two hours and six minutes to swim the five miles, and they raised... - View image in PDF
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Ten stranded HARTLAND COASTGUARD informed the honorary secretary of Ilfracombe lifeboat station at 2115 on Monday March 28, 1983, that an adventure holiday party, three adult instructors and seven children, had not returned following a day...