LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Lord Brownlow
The Institution has been so unfortunate as to lose two of its members by death within a few days of one another, Lord Brownlow and Mr. Henry Fargus.
Lord Brownlow, who became a member of the Committee in 1924, died on 19th...
Category: Obituaries
St. Pierre
Storm tow HARTLAND POINT Coastguard informed lifeboat 70-001, Charles H. Barrett (Civil Service No. 35), at 0210 on February 6 that a trawler was sinking 281°T 26 miles from the Point. The lifeboat was under way by 0220 and 12 minutes...
Richard Emily, of Highbridge
It was blowing hard at N.W. on the 15th Sept. when the Life-boat Cheltenham was launched from this station to the assistance of the schooner Hwhard and Emily, of High- bridge, which was in distress seven miles from Burnham. The Life-boat...
A Fishing Boat (2)
Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire. — 18th May. A search was made for a fishing boat which had been last seen twentyseven miles to the N.N.E. She could not be found, but she made Buckie safely next morning.—Rewards, £9 135..
East Reading District Scout Council Organised 'Operation Sealion' a Sponsored Paddle Against the Clock from Bristol to Reading Along the Kennet and Avon Canal 120 S
East Reading District Scout Council organised 'Operation Sealion', a sponsored paddle against the clock from Bristol to Reading, along the Kennet and Avon Canal. 120 Scouts, in relays, got their 12' aluminium boat along the 90... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Patrick Mcloughlin Mp Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Transport
Patrick McLoughlin wp, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Transport (centre) with the RNLI's director Lt Cdr Brian Miles (left) and chief of operations Commodore George Cooper (right) in the operations room during his visit to... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
An Aeroplane (82)
MAY 13TH. - HOLYHEAD, ANGLESEY, AND PORTHDINLLAEN, CAERNARVONSHIRE.
A pilot was reported to have baled out from a British aeroplane about eleven miles in a north-westerly direction from Porthdinllaen Point, but nothing was...
A Vessel (6)
JANUARY 30TH. - WICK, CAITHNESSSHIRE.
An unknown vessel had been reported in distress some nineteen miles N.E.
of Wick, but the life-boat found nothing. - Rewards, £30 5s. 6d..
A Ship (1)
AUGUST 23RD. - THURSO, CAITHNESSSHIRE.
Wick radio had reported a ship on fire six miles west of Thurso, but the crew got ashore in their own boats.- Rewards, £4 11s..
None (79)
AUGUST 28TH. - DUNGENESS, KENT.
It had been reported that an airman was descending by parachute eight miles N.E. of Dungeness, but he landed near the beach and was able to swim ashore, although his hands had been badly...