LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
None (62)
JUNE 20TH. - HARTLEPOOL, DURHAM.
The coastguard had reported some wreckage, thought to he an aeroplane or a submarine, several miles east of Horden, but nothing was found. - Rewards, £4 19s. 6d..
Two Admiralty Trawlers (1)
DECEMBER 28TH. - SALCOMBE, AND TORBAY, DEVON. Two Admiralty trawlers had been reported in difficulties about fifteen miles in an easterly direction from Start Point, but one took the other in tow and the life-boats were recalled. - Rewards,...
A Steamer
FEBRUARY 6TH. - PORT ASKAIG , HEBRIDES. A steamer had been reported in distress fifteen miles west of Rhinns Point, Islay, but by the time the life-boat reached her she had made repairs and was going on her way. - Rewards, £18...
An Aeroplane (130)
AUGUST 3lST. - RHYL, FLINTSHIRE.
The pilot of a British aeroplane had wirelessed that he was baling out about 3 miles N.W. of Rhyl, but the life-boat was recalled before she reached the position given. - Rewards, £16...
Annual Meeting
THE ninetieth Annual General Meeting of the ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION was held in the Whitehall Rooms on Wednesday, March 18th, 1914, at 3 P.M. The Right Hon. the Earl of Selborne, K.G., presided, and amongst those present...
Category: Meetings
Branches of the National Life-Boat Institution
Donations under £10 are omitted after having been twice inserted.
CONTENTS.
ALDBOROUGH AND THORPE.BB.
ARDMORE BRANCH .
ABERDOVEY BRANCH AINMOUTH BRANCH...
Category: Branches
Orkney Coxswain Wins Second Silver Medal
COXSWAIN Daniel Kirkpatrick of Longhope has achieved the unusual distinction of being awarded the Institution's silver medal for gallantry for the second time. His second award was made for the rescue of nine men from the Aberdeen...
Category: Services
A Canoe (2)
Hythe, Kent.—18th August, 1939.
It had been reported that a canoe was being carried away by the wind and tide, but the life-boat could find nothing, and it was learnt later that the canoe had come safely ashore.— Rewards,...
An Aeroplane (13)
JANUARY 26TH. - COVERACK, CORNWALL.
A British aeroplane was reported to have crashed off The Manacles, and the life-boat got away in three minutes, but she found nothing. - Rewards, £11 14s. 3d..
Two Barges
MARCH 5TH. - WALMER, KENT. Two large barges, which had broken away from a tug, were drifting towards the Goodwin Sands. The life-boat went alongside them and made sure that there was no one on board. She could not take them in tow, and as...