LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Book Reviews
MR. C. R. BENSTEAD in Shallow Waters (Robert Hale, 21/-), has produced an engaging, lustily written account of almost anything which may happen and has happened in the coastal waters of Britain. His range is extensive.
On...
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Reminiscences of the Coast and Depot
AFTER twenty-seven years with the Institution it is brought home to me more than ever that the great majority of the people of these islands have a dash of the salt of the sea in their veins. For twelve years, as an in- spector on the coast,...
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Centenary of Life-Boat Stations. Presentation of Vellums Signed By the Prince of Wales
Blyth, Northumberland.
THE Blyth Life-boat Station was established in 1826, when the Newcastle Branch Association applied to the Institution for a Life-boat, and the Station was taken over by the Institution in 1866. It has...
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Keep on Running By Heather Deane Deputy Public Relations Officer Rnli
THE AMERICAN obsession with health and physical fitness has spread, to a certain degree, to this country in recent years, resulting in the popularity of jogging as a sport for growing numbers of people.
Members of...
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M.F.V. Arctic Solatair, two Motor Boats and two Sailboards
Five calls WHEN, ON THE, AFTERNOON of Saturday September 17, 1983, the 35ft MFV Arctic Solatair picked up a floating rope around her propeller and went ashore at Skinningrove, about six miles south of Redcar, Tees Coastguard telelphoned the...
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Bather in difficulty HUMBER COASTGUARD informed the honorary secretary of Mablethorpe lifeboat station at 1634 on Friday August 19, 1983, that a bather was in difficulty at Theddlethorpe, about three miles to the north of the station....
The Irish Container Ship Bell Rover
Sick man taken off in gale AN IRISH CONTAINER SHIP, Bell Rover, contacted Dover coastguard on the evening of Tuesday November 20,1984, seeking medical advice about one of her crew members who was sick. After consultation with a doctor, the...
Premuda (2)
JANUARY 16TH. - MARGATE, RAMSGATE.
AND WALMER. KENT. At 9.30 P.M. a message was received at Margate from the Margate coastguard that an Italian steamer was sinking close to the North Goodwin Light-vessel. A strong N.E. wind...
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Trapped in cave TWO BOYS TRAPPED in a cave on the north side of Brean Down were reported to the honorary secretary of Weston-super-Mare ILB station at 1625 on Sunday November 12, 1978, by Barry Coastguard. Maroons were fired at 1632 and the...
Hueee
Alertness and teamwork saves livesSenior Helmsman Gary Barlow was carrying out routine maintenance at the Cleethorpes lifeboat station when he spotted a small fishing vessel to the north side of the Number. On 6 February the fishing boat...