LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Life-Boat Services In 1905
Lives I saved.
Li 23 10 Adalina, fishing vessel, of Gravelines—stood by vessel.
Advance, ketch, of Bideford Amelia Ann, ketch, of Goo]e— rendered assistance.
A my, barge, of Bideford—...
Category: Services
The German Life-Boat Society During the War
THE War, which caused such an inter- ruption in neatly every branch of national and international life, very soon led to a complete cessation of the exchange of journals and reports between this Institution and the Life-boat Services of our...
Category: Articles
Letters
Not just boats, you know The cover picture from your winter 2001/02 issue of the Lifeboat showed one of our squadron helicopters, Callsign Rescue 193, operating with a Severn class lifeboat. Inside you incorrectly identified this as an RAF...
Category: Correspondence
Self-Righting and Non-Self-Righting Life-Boats. Losses Through Capsizing Since 1850
THE discussion in the Press and elsewhere which followed the Rye disaster showed that the public was very far from understanding the relative merits of self-righting Life-boats and of those which do not self-right, or the reasons which...
Category: Articles
Torbay: on September 22 1983
Torbay: On September 22, 1983, a young man fell 60ft into the sea when rocks crumbled beneath his feet on cliffs at Babbacombe. Two friends pulled the injured man from the sea, raised the alarm and then returned with blankets. Torbay's... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Crew
John Stewart Campbeltown coxswain John Stewart has been awarded Miss Maud Smith's Reward for Courage in Memory of John, 7th Earl of Hardwicke for the rescue of two people from the fishing vessel Sincerity (Summer 2001 issue, p. 10). The...
Category: Articles
Donaghadee Co Down and Portpatrick Wigtownshire
The distance between Donaghadee, Co Down and Portpatrick, Wigtownshire, is approximately 22 miles and is one of the trickiest sea crossings in UK waters. On one Saturday in July 1985, after waiting a week for a favourable weather forecast,... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Hongi
End of voyage A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC made a 999 call to the Police early on the morning of Saturday October 16, 1982, reporting a catamaran flashing a white light about 100 yards off Sidmouth Beach, 9Vz miles east north east of Exmouth...
Staying In Touch
STAYING IN TOUCH Are you a former RNLI station volunteer or staff member? The RNLI Family association can help you keep in touch if you are no longer so actively involved. When you join you’ll get a membership pack and two issues a year of...
Category: Articles
Rnli National Lottery
'It's a great pleasure to be here', said Clive Dunn who visited RNLI Headquarters to draw the sixteenth national lottery. 'Anything we do is done with great gratitude and affection for the lifeboat people'. Clive, who was...
Category: Articles