LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Susan, Olivia Mary
At 5.18 p.m. on i6th August, 1967, the coastguard informed the coxswain that a motor boat with three people on board was in need of assistance one and a half miles east north east of Foreness point. The IRB was launched at 5.22 in a fresh...
Araxian
Man overboard A large crowd gathered at Filey on 2 July 2001 for the naming ceremony of the station's new D class lifeboat Rotary District 1120. They got rather more than they expected, however, when a full-scale rescue took place in...
RESCUE
Our lifeboat crews and lifeguards carry out thousands of rescues each year (see launches on page 36). Here are just some of those caught on camera, and see the list below for more reports:
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Lucy and a Speed Boat
Broken rudder THE HONORARY SECRETARY of Poole Lifeboat station was informed by Portland RHQ at 0750 on Tuesday, August 23 that a Dutch warship had reported a 25' yacht, Lucy, with a broken rudder 23 miles south of Anvil...
Racing Dinghies
Racing dinghies ON AN OVERCAST Sunday morning, May 3, dinghies from several sailing clubs on the River Blackwater had started racing when they were overtaken by deteriorating weather; soon after 1100 the strong westerly breeze was already...
Lucy (1)
Broken rudder THE HONORARY SECRETARY of Poole Lifeboat station was informed by Portland RHQ at 0750 on Tuesday, August 23 that a Dutch warship had reported a 25' yacht, Lucy, with a broken rudder 23 miles south of Anvil...
Saturday night, Sunday morning
An unconventional launch followed by 8 hours at sea in near gale force conditions – ‘business as usual,’ say the crew of The Lizard lifeboat, Cornwall.
At midnight on Saturday 11 September the crew assembled on the village...
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Collectors' Books Ltd
For 20 years Collectors' Books has offered the pick of yachting books in its twiceyearly brochures. Now a selection is included in The Lifeboat. For every book you order from this advertisement Collectors' Books will donate £2...
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Here and There
THE RNLI is to establish a new lifeboat station at Alderney in the Channel Islands and within the next few months a 33ft Brede class lifeboat will be sent there for an initial trial period of twelve months.
There was a...
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RNLI Directory
RNLI Directory To advertise in the RNLI Directory next issue, please contact Leah Fitz-Henry on 01225 465060 or email [email protected]. Travel in luxury on board Patricia as she completes her vital work maintaining navigation...
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