LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
November (1)
NOVEMBER MEETING INCHCOLM ISLAND, FIFESHIRE. On the evening of the 15th of July, 1945, five men and women of the Services went out on pleasure in a naval dinghy intending to sail from Aberdour to Inchcolm. They started in calm weather, but...
Category: Services
Additional Stations and New Life-Boats
SIDMOUTH, DEVON. — This Life-boat Station has been provided with a new 34 feet 10-oared Life-boat, possessing all the latest improvements and furnished with a transporting carriage. The expense of the change was met by a gift of...
Category: Articles
The Best Essay
and girls 152. The prize for the best essay has now been won nine times by girls and seven times by boys (a boy and a girl tying for it in 1933).
The Awards.
Alice Chambers will receive a copy of...
Category: Articles
An Aeroplane (1)
Dungeness, Kent, and Hastings, Sussex.
—15th September, 1938. A steamer had reported that an aeroplane had come down in the sea, but nothing could be found.—Rewards: Dungeness,.
None (3)
Boulmer, Northumberland.—20th October, 1938. A rocket had been reported off Seatoii Point, but no trace of a vessel in distress was found.—Rewards, £17 7s..
A Small Boat (2)
Beaumaris, Anglesey.—23rd January, 1939. A small boat had been reported in distress, but a long search was without result.—Rewards, £8 Is..
A Boat
Shoreham, Sussex.—2nd April, 1939.
A boat burning flares had been reported off Brighton, but nothing could be found.—Rewards, £7 15s. 6d,.
None (2)
Thurso, Caithness-shire. — 21st July, 1939. Distress signals had been reported between Stroma and Pentland Skerries, but the life-boat could find nothing.—Rewards, £9 11s..
None (8)
Amble, Northumberland. — 15th October, 1939. A barrage balloon was reported to have fallen into the sea, but the life-boat could find no trace of it.—Rewards, £11 8s..
A Small Yacht (1)
13th July. A small yacht had been reported in dis- tress, but it was found to be a lighted buoy which had drifted.—Rewards, £6 13s..