LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
April
APRIL Launches 77. Lives rescued 131.
APRIL 1ST. - TORBAY, DEVON. At 11.53 P.M. on 31st March, a message was received from the resident naval officer at Brixham that a boat from H.M.S. Pomerol with men on board was adrift...
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Right - the Great Gale: the Rescue of the Crew of the Venscapen Off Aldeburgh.
Right - The great gale: the rescue of the crew of the Venscapen off Aldeburgh.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Tiza, of Weymouth
Weymouth, Dorset - At 3.25 p.m.
on 2 ist April, 1967, a fishing boat was reported to be ashore in the middle of the Portland breakwater. The life-boat Lloyd's, on temporary duty at the station, slipped her moorings at 3...
When the Pilot of a Lightning Jet Aircraft from Leuchars Had to Abandon His Aircraft on 4Th March, 1970, Life-Boats from Broughty Ferry and Anstruther Searched for Him In Darkness.
When the pilot of a Lightning jet aircraft from Leuchars had to abandon his aircraft on 4th March, 1970, life-boats from Broughty Ferry and Anstruther searched for him in darkness. The body of the pilot was finally found by the Broughty crew... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Neuha, of Berwick on Tweed
On the 4th January, 1863, the ketch Neuha, of Berwick-upon-Tvveed, having got on shore on the Abertay Bank in a gale fromE.S.E., with foggy weather, the Mary Hartley life- boat, stationed at Broughty Ferry, pro- ceeded to her assistance....
Today's Lifeboatmen
Facts and Figures Provisional statistics as at 2 February 1994 show that during 1993: The RNLI's lifeboats were launched 5,397 times (an average of 14 launches a day) 1,274 lives were saved (an average of nearly 3 a day) Nearly 4% of all...
Category: Articles
Shoreline
Shoreline Section WITH LITTLE publicity, Shoreline is now making a major contribution to the Institution's funds and it is hoped that this year enough will be raised to pay the cost of an offshore lifeboat.
Membership...
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Stranded In the Western Isles
The Grimsby trawler Evelyn Rose ashore on Jura. The Islay life-boat took off eight of her crew (See page 404). - View image in PDF
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St. Mary's, Isles of Scilly.—On the 10th February it was reported that a man on the island of St. Martin's was seriously ill, and in urgent need of medical attention. Two doctors, both members of the local committee at St. Mary's...