LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

Lowestoft, Suffolk. — 23rd November, 1938. A barge was driving before the gale, but she got out of danger and went on her way. Another barge had been reported in distress near Gorleston, but it was learned from the St. Nicholas Light-vessel...

(below), St Catherine's new 17ft 6in Zodiac Mk IV D class inflatable lifeboat, drawn by the station's new Land Rover, prepares to launch after her dedication. In the background can be seen the new lifeboathouse officially opened on... - View image in PDF

MARCH 20TH. - ST. IVES, CORNWALL.

A British aeroplane had crashed and sank immediately. Trawlers nearby picked up two landing wheels and an airman’s cap, but the life-boat and a rescue launch found nothing. - Rewards, £...

It Moosed be a mistake! No-one in the RNLI's membership department had an inkling that Mr A. Moose of the Station Hotel, Hurworth Place near Darlington was anything other than a normal, valued member - and the landlord of the Station... - View image in PDF

Two Belgian fishermen at Lytham-St, Anncs went out to the help of a capsized dinghy and, with great difficulty, rescued three men clinging to the keel.

They have been rewarded..

JANUARY 27TH. - ANGLE, PEMBROKESHIRE.

The Greek steamer Adamantios J. Pithis, of Chios, had been totally wrecked at St. Ann’s Head, but a naval patrol vessel had picked up the crew. - Rewards, £8 18s.

FRENCH FISHING VESSEL IN ST. IVES BAY St. Ives, Cornwall.—For several days before the 2nd of May, 1947, the French motor fishing vessel L'Entente Cordiale, of Lorient, had been anchored in St.

Ives Bay, and had been a...

JOHNSHAVEN, KlNCARDINESHIRE. The ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION has recently formed a new Life-boat es- tablishment at Johnshaven, near Montrose, for the service of fishing-boats which are frequently placed in imminent peril when...