LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
An Aeroplane (34)
OCTOBER 1ST. - EASTBOURNE, SUSSEX.
An aeroplane had been reported down in the sea, but nothing could be found.- Rewards, £16 13s..
A Tug
JANUARY 1ST. - CLACTON - ON - SEA, ESSEX. A tug had been disabled by an explosion on board, but was taken in tow by another tug. - Rewards, £27 6s. 4d..
A Motor Boat (8)
NOVEMBER 1ST. - PORT ASKAIG, HEBRIDES.
A motor boat had been reported overdue, but, she reached Port Ellen without help. - Rewards, £14 18s. 6d..
Moonstone II
STRANDED ON SANDS At 5.50 p.m. on 7th September, 1964, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a sailing yacht, stranded on the Goodwin sands due east of the station, needed help. Choppy seas were breaking over the five-ton Moonstone...
When In February a Coach Bringing a Visiting Football Team and Supporters to Buckingham Was Swept Downstream from a Ford Across the River Swollen By Heavy Rain
When, in February, a coach bringing a visiting football team and supporters to Buckingham was swept downstream from a ford across the river, swollen by heavy rain, Peter Steers, landlord of the Woolpack, did some quick thinking. While... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Ferry Good Idea!
Pictured above are 'Hobblers' - the ferrymen who bring visitors over to St Michaels Mount from Marazion between April and the end of October.
They each carry a lifeboat collection box on board and last year... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
A Motor Boat
Humber, Yorkshire. — 1st August.
A motor boat developed engine trouble and started to drift, but managed to restart the engine again.—Permanent Crew.—Rewards, 6s..
Westlaan, of Groningen
Boulmer, Northumberland.—1st June.
The motor vessel Westlaan, of Groningen, had made signals, but it was a pilot she wanted.—-Rewards, £12 12s..
An Aeroplane (182)
DECEMBER 1ST. - ST. IVES, CORNWALL.
An aeroplane had been reported down in the sea, but neither wreckage nor survivors could be found. - Rewards, £10..
A Lancaster Aeroplane
MARCH 1ST. - WELLS, NORFOLK. A Lancaster aeroplane was believed to have blown up in the air, but nothing could be found. - Rewards, £22 11s. 9d..