LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Meteor Aircraft
Whitby, Yorkshire.—At 10.6 on the morning of the 20th of July, 1952, the coastguard telephoned that No. 18 Group, Royal Air Force, at Inver- keithing had reported that an air search was being made off Whitby for a missing Meteor aircraft. At...
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Constance Bowater
St. Mary's, Scilly Isles. At 3 p.m. on 22nd October, 1965, a message was received via Land's End radio from the motor vessel Constance Bowater that she had a seriously ill seaman aboard and requested that he be taken off and sent to...
Phoebe, of Scarborough
On the 21st February, the brig Phoebe, of Scarborough, was stranded on a sand-bank near Covehithe, on this coast, during stormy weather. The Southwold large life-boat went oft', put 5 of her crew on board the vessel, and assisted in...
Boy Nicholas
GORLESTON, SUFFOLK.—In response to signals, the Life-boat Mark Lane was launched at 2.40 a.m. on the 16th September, and found the fishing-smack Boy Nicholas, of Lowestoft, aground on the East Cross Sand, where she had stranded in a thick...
Lifeboat Transporting Carriage. (With Tipping's Wheelplates.)
The Life-boat transporting-carriage is a very important auxiliary to the boat.
Nearly every Life-boat, except a few of the larger sizes, is provided with a carriage, on which she is kept in the boat-house ready for...
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Letters
It is a comfort to know . . .
On Sunday October 22, I was a guest aboard Yarmouth lifeboat when she was required to answer the tragic call in Christchurch Bay. Although the sea was quiet at the time, I must say that I was...
Category: Correspondence
A Night on the Goodwin Sands
ON the 20th of April last a grievous disaster occurred on the Goodwin Sands, which resulted in the loss of a Norwegian brig, The Auguste Herman Francke, with six hands out of a crew of seven all told.
All day on the 20th a...
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Getting the most from giftaid
Most of the RNLI’s UK supporters boost their donations by using Gift Aid, which allows the charity to claim back the basic rate tax that donors have already paid on donations. This brings in a very large amount indeed (about £4M...
Category: Articles
An American Fortress Aeroplane (1)
JULY 26TH. - SHERINGHAM, NORFOLK. An American Fortress aeroplane had crashed, but her crew of ten were rescued by a motor fishing boat. - Rewards, £15 12s.
(See Sheringham, “ Services by Shoreboats,” page...