LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Raft
SURVIVORS FROM RAFT LANDED Humber, Yorkshire. At 5.51 on the morning of the 17th August, 1962, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the trawler Scampton had picked up a man and a woman from a raft about 40 miles...
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Barefoot in the mud AT 1945 ON TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1987, two nine-year-old boys were seen by the station honorary secretary and motor mechanic at Lytham St Annes lifeboat station, taking a punt across the River Ribble to the opposite bank,...
The Record of the Branches
In the first of the two following tables are the twenty Branches which have the largest total contributions for 1924.
The second table gives simply a selection of Branches from different parts of the country, which have a...
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Fair Festina
Mainsail jammed A MAYDAY distress signal was received by Portland Coastguard at 1709 on Tuesday April 1 from the yacht Fair Festina whose mainsail was jammed.
There was a gale, force 8, blowing from the west and the sea was...
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Three walkers three lifeboatsThe difficulties of working close inshore in surf were vividly illustrated when Newhaven's Arun class lifeboat, her ' Y' boat and the Eastbourne D class were all involved in a service to save three...
Rnli National Lottery
MARY TAMM, the actress most remembered for her portrayal of Doctor Who's assistant in the long-running BBC serial, drew the RNLI's twenty-fifth national lottery on Monday April 30 at Poole HQ. Vice-Admiral Sir Peter Compston, a...
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The Watson (Cabin) Type of Motor Life-Boat
By CAPTAIN HOWARD F. J. ROWLEY, C.B.E., R.N., Chief Inspector of Life-boatsALTHOUGH the Barnett (Twin Screw) Boat, built for the Station at New Brighton, was the first Cabin Life-boat to be laid down for the Institution's fleet, the...
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Fast Slipway Boat 2
Although we are well into the project, there will inevitably be many changes to the boat before it enters service (many of which we are planning already), so don't be surprised if the FSB2 delivered to station m 2005 looks a little...
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Additional Stations and New Life-Boats
BACTON, NORFOLK.—The Institution replaced the life-boat on this station last October, by a new boat 33 feet long, rowing 10 oars double-banked, and provided with a transporting-carriage. The old boat, while out on service, had been damaged,...
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The RNLI and us
Mayday, our national fundraising event, really seemed to capture the hearts of RNLI supporters – including some household names. Here’s why they pulled on yellow wellies to show their RNLI support …
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