LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Steamer (21)
MARCH 29TH. - BRIDLINGTON, YORKSHIRE.
A steamer was reported to have been attacked by enemy aircraft, fifteen miles S.E. of Flamborough Head, but nothing was found. - Rewards, £21 7s. 6d..
An Aeroplane (22)
MAY 2 9TH. - MARGATE, KENT. An aeroplane had been reported down in the sea two miles N.E. of Broadstairs, but the lifeboat could find nothing, and later it was learned that the crew had been rescued.- Rewards, £5 11s. 6d..
An Aeroplane (104)
AUGUST 24TH. - MOELFRE, ANGLESEY, AND LLANDUDNO, CAERNARVONSHIRE.
Reports had been received that an aeroplane was down in the sea several miles west of Great Orme’s Head, but nothing was found. - Rewards : Moelfre, £8 ...
An Aeroplane (128)
SEPTEMBER 11TH. - MARGATE, KENT.
At 4.24 P.M. an aeroplane had been seen to crash into the sea three miles north of the life-boathouse, but only oil on the water was found, and a bright green patch showing that it was a...
The Large American Ship Britannia
On the 30th December, the large American ship Britannia went ashore at Talybout, four miles from Bar- mouth, the wind blowing a hard gale from S.W. at the time. The Barmouth life-boat proceeded to her, and took off 14 men through a heavy sea...
Giorgio Ohlsen
FEBRUARY 16TH. - CROMER, NORFOLK.
The Italian steamer Giorgio Ohlsen, of Genoa, had struck a mine, and one of the steamer’s boats was reported adrift three miles east of Cromer, but the men in it had already been rescued. ...
None (58)
NOVEMBER 11TH. - STROMNESS, ORKNEYS. Distress signals had been reported two to three miles S.E. of Burgh Head, Stronsay, but on calling in at Kirkwall,the life-boat found that her services were not needed, as no trace of any vessel could be...
Honorary Workers of the Institution. No. 6. Mr. William Bertram, J.P., Hon. Secretary of the Dunbar and Skateraw Branch
NOWHERE on the coast of Scotland, or, indeed, on the coasts of the British Isles, has the Institution an Honorary Secre- tary who has worked harder and more successfully for the cause than Mr. Bertram at Dunbar.
For...
Category: Articles
A Sailing Boat
Bembridge, Isle of Wight.—15th July.
A sailing boat had capsized in a moderate N.W. gale. A French destroyer picked up one man, and the other man on board could not be found.— Rewards, £9 6s..
Longhope Naming
In connection with the above headed report on page 142 of the July issue it has been pointed out that the new Longhope life-boat was accepted by the honorary secretary's brother, Mr Jimmie Groat, who is branch honorary...
Category: Inaugurations