LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Sea Venture III and Espardarte, and Cabin Cruiser Alcidan
At 10.27 p.m. on 22nd October, 1966, news was received that the cabin cruiser Alcidan was overdue on a passage from Weymouth and that the Norwegian tanker Maakfjell had taken three men off ayacht they had taken in tow. They were eleven and a...
Sea Victor and Prairie Schooner
Exhausted yachtsmen BRONZE MEDAL THE YACHT Sea Victor, built in Germany during the 1930s, had sailed from Exmouth on the morning of Friday May 2, 1986, on passage to Guernsey. By the evening of the following day after a rough crossing the...
Jan Brons
Dunmore East, Co. Waterford. The life-boat Annie Blanche Smith put out on nth March, 1964 to the help of the Dutch motor vessel Jan Brons. A full account of the service will appear in the next number of THE LIFE-BOAT. The lifeboat was also...
Margara Della
MAN AND BABY TAKEN OFF YACHT Poole, Dorset. At 9.10 on the evening of the 29th September, 1962, the police informed the honorary secretary that a yacht was missing inside the harbour with a man and a baby on board. The yacht had grounded at...
Tessa and Tringa
Walton and Frinton, Essex. At 1.42 on the afternoon of the 20th May, 1961, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a yacht between two and three miles off shore was burning a flare. At 2.3, when the life-boat Edian Courtauld put...
The R.N.L.I, Issues Three Medals—In Gold, Silver and Bronze. the Reverse Shows Three Men In a Life-Boat, One of Whom Is In the Act of Rescuing An Exhausted Man from the Waves. It Is Inscribed 'L
The R.N.L.I, issues three medals—in gold, silver and bronze. The reverse shows three men in a life-boat, one of whom is in the act of rescuing an exhausted man from the waves. It is inscribed 'Let not the deep swallow me up'. The... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Dane
The Humber, Yorkshire.—At about 1 A.M. on the 17th October, 1939, the life-boat watchman reported that a vessel was standing into danger near the Middle Binks. A light, variable wind was blowing. The sea was smooth.
At 1.15...
NORTH OF ENGLAND AND ISLE OF MAN: Community news
Dewsbury
YOUTH DIVE IN TO DROWNING PREVENTION
In 2017, Kumon Y’all, an organisation mobilising young Muslim people to give back to the community, approached the RNLI to seek safety advice for an upcoming...
Category: Articles
San Remo Award
AT a meeting of the Committee of Management of the Institution in April it was decided to submit the name of Coxswain Daniel Kirkpatrick to the Italian Embassy in London for the San Remo "Figurehead of Courage" award for 1965. His...
Category: Awards
Despite Gale Force Winds and Driving Rain About 1000 People Attended the Service of Dedication on April Jo of Abersoch's New Atlantic 21 Wolverhampton the Ilb T
Despite gale force winds and driving rain, about 1.000 people attended the service of dedication on April JO of Abersoch's new Atlantic 21, Wolverhampton. The ILB, together with her tractor and boathtntse, provided b Wolverhampton... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs