LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
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Some stories hit you right in the heart
From page 16 of this issue, we tell one of those stories. Stranded in a February sea after their kayak flooded, it was up to 13-year-old Joe to help get his dad to safety. Thinking...
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Plymouth, Devon. — 26th October.
Strange lights had been seen, but it was learned that they were being used by a party who were trying to rescue a cow which had fallen over the cliffs on to the shore.—Rewards, £2 12s....
Asia (1)
The Humber, and Bridlington, Yorkshire.
—26th August, 1939. Rockets hadbeen seen, but the life-boats could find nothing. On her way back the Humber life-boat found the small racing yacht Asia, of Brough, which had lost her...
The Steamers Nicolaos Giancos and Brarena
NOV. 22ND. - WALMER, KENT. Two foreign steamers, the Nicolaos Giancos, of Greece, and the Norwegian tanker Brarena, had been in collision, but neither needed help.
- Rewards, £14 12s. 6d..
A Steamer (7)
MARCH 24TH. - ST. DAVID’S, PEMBROKESHIRE.
A steamer had been reported in distress north of the South Bishop Lighthouse, but no vessel in need of help was found. - Rewards, £6 12s..
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AUGUST 24TH. - MARGATE, KENT. A German airman had come down by parachute, but he was picked up by a motor boat.
- Rewards, £5 12s. 6d.
(See Herne Bay, “ Services by Shore-boats”, page 140,).
Tortuguero and The American Steamer Clifford E. Ashby
APRIL 4TH. - WALMER, KENT. The Glasgow steamer Tortuguero and the American steamer Clifford E. Ashby had been in collision and both had been damaged, but they did not need the life-boat’s help. - Rewards.
£14 12s....
An Aeroplane (87)
NOVEMBER 27TH. - BUCKIE, BANFFSHIRE.
An aeroplane had crashed into the sea, but nothing was found except a body and a rubber dinghy, which were picked up by an R.A.F. rescue launch. - Rewards, £15 12s..
An Aeroplane (190)
DECEMBER 27TH. - HARTLEPOOL, DURHAM, AND REDCAR, YORKSHIRE.
Flares had been seen and an aeroplane was believed to be in the sea, but the life-boats found nothing, and later it was learned that a German aeroplane had been...
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AUGUST 25TH. - CLOGHER HEAD, CO. LOUTH. A woman had been carried out of her depth while bathing, but she was drowned before the life-boat could reach her,and her body was recovered from the shore.
- Rewards, £8...