LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Homecoming - Toshiba Wave Warrior
The homecoming - Toshiba Wave Warrior crosses the finish line in Southampton at 0339 on 16 July 1997.. - View image in PDF
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The Line Delambre
Bembridge, Isle of Wight.—On the morning of the 5th February the police reported that Ryde Hospital had received a message from Niton Radio Station that the liner Delambre, of Liverpool, bound from London to the River Plate, was at anchor...
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6th August.
A large tree trunk with two limbs was mistaken for an upturned boat.—Re- wards, £11 12s..
A Barge
15th April.
A barge made distress signals, but was able to go on up the river without help.
—Rewards, £15 12s. 6d..
An Aircraft (1)
Nov. 13TH. - BUCKIE, BANFFSHIRE.
An aircraft was reported to have fired distress signals, but nothing could be found.- Rewards, £9 12s..
An R.A.S.C. Launch
SEPTEMBER 15TH. - FALMOUTH, CORNWALL.
A semaphore SOS message had been received from an R.A.S.C. launch, but she was taken in tow by another vessel.- Rewards, £4 12s..
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DECEMBER 17TH. - WALMER, KENT.
Flares had been reported, but nothing could be found. - Rewards, £23 12s. 6d..
A Steam Trawler
NOVEMBER 14TH. - BALLYCOTTON, CO.
CORK. A steam trawler had struck a mine and been wrecked, but the survivors were picked up by other trawlers. - Rewards, £15 12s..
An Aeroplane (173)
NOVEMBER 7TH. - WALTON AND FRINTON, ESSEX. An aeroplane had been reported in the sea off Frinton, but only oil patches could be found. - Rewards, £19 12s. 6d.
Model Effort:
Model effort: this half size replica of the Great Yarmouth and Gorleston 44ft Waveney lifeboat Barham took eight months and several hundred man hours to complete and will be used to raise funds for the RNLI by being rented out to fetes and... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs