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Take a tour of RNLI College

Date: Autumn 2011

Volume: 61

Issue: 597 Lifeboat Magazine Autumn 2011

See for yourself how our crews and lifeguards are trained and prepped to save lives at sea with a behind-the-scenes tour of RNLI College.

College discovery tours are run at 11am and 2.30pm from Monday–Thursday, at 11am and...

Category: Articles

Tunnel vision

Date: Autumn 2011

Volume: 61

Issue: 597 Lifeboat Magazine Autumn 2011

St Abbs crew trusted each other with their lives in an outstandingly gallant rescue

‘This was something you can’t train for and something we’d never seen before. The decisions we made had to be...

Category: Articles

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Date: Summer 2004

Volume: 59

Issue: 569

Shore, lifeboat and helicopter crews save anglerA huge wave threw an angler off rocks into the sea near Padstow, Cornwall. Luckily, two boys saw the incident and ran to get help and the Padstow lifeboat crew were soon paged. They jumped in...

Your Letters

Date: Winter 1993

Volume: 53

Issue: 523

Lifeboatmen brought to book.

I am currently researching a book on men whose lives have been closely connected with the coasts of the British Isles. This work will be in a similar vein to my recently published Tales of the...

Category: Correspondence

A Vessel (12)

Date: 1941

Volume: War Years

Issue: 1941

JULY 24TH. - ABERDEEN. A vessel had been reported ashore, but the life-boat was recalled as the coast had been patrolled and nothing had been seen. - Rewards, £6 17s. 6d..

Willowbrook

Date: Spring 2004

Volume: 59

Issue: 568

A Willowbrook reclines, relaxes, lifts and massages...

Endorsed by Harley Street Orthopaedic Consultant all at the A Willowbrook powered recliner combines day-long comfort, elegance and style, while the optional massage...

Category: Advertisement

Walmer Centenary

Date: September 1956

Volume: 34

Issue: 377

QUEEN ELIZABETH THE QUEEN MOTHER presented a certificate inscribed on vellum to commemorate the establish- ment of a life-boat station at Walmer one hundred years ago at a ceremony which took place at the Walmer boat-house on the 23rd of May...

Category: Articles

The Danish Vessel Irene Frijs

Date: March 1966

Volume: 39

Issue: 415

Wick, Caithness-shire. At 4.45 a.m.

on 3rd November, 1965, the harbourmaster was informed that the Danish vessel Irene Frijs of Copenhagen was arriving in Wick Bay to land two injured seamen. The vessel unfortunately...

Longhope Disaster

Date: June 1969

Volume: 41

Issue: 428

ON the night of 17th/18th March, 1969, the Longhope, Orkney, life-boat T.G.B.

capsized. The whole of her crew lost their lives. This was the first life-boat disaster involving the loss of all or nearly all of the crew since...

Category: Articles

Listings

Date: Winter 2004

Volume: 59

Issue: 567

New D class at Trearddur BayNew D class at Trearddur BayThe crew of the Treaddur Bay lifeboat have already undergone intensive training on the new lifeboat.

On average the station's lifeboat is launched over 50 times a...

Category: Articles