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An Irish Ship

Date: Summer 1986

Volume: 50

Issue: 497

Harbour accident THE LIFEBOAT CALL-OUT paging signal alerted Second Coxswain Christopher Tett of Weymouth on the afternoon of Easter Monday, March 31. 1986. He drove straight to the lifeboathouse, and as he made his way inside he noticed...

Ocean Pearl

Date: September 1955

Volume: 34

Issue: 373

Thurso, Caithness-shire.—At 11.30 on the morning of the 2nd of May, 1955, it was reported that the fishing boat Ocean Pearl, which had a crew of five, was in difficulties between one and two miles off Holborn Head. At 11.45 the life-boat...

A Catamaran

Date: September 1961

Volume: 36

Issue: 397

Troon, Ayrshire. At 7.55 on the evening of the 2nd June, 1961,during an exercise launch of the life-boat James and Barbara Ait ken it was noticed that a catamaran had lost its sails and was in difficulties, with a crew of two, three-...

A Life-Boat Barrel Organ

Date: November 1926

Volume: 26

Issue: 288

The Bridlington Ladies' Life-boat Guild use a barrel organ as a regular means of raising money, parading the town with it. Mrs. Albert Gray, the Honorary Secretary, is turning the handle.. - View image in PDF

Category: Photographs

An Aeroplane

Date: June 1934

Volume: 29

Issue: 318

12th January. It had been reported that an aeroplane had come down in the sea. A thorough search was made, but nothing was found.—Rewards, £15 7s. 6d..

'Thank You for the Fantastic Day

Date: Spring 1989

Volume: 51

Issue: 508

'Thank you for the fantastic day . . . it was great to meet the lifeboatmen and go on a real lifeboat..." wrote John Fenwick after his visit to the Royal Festival Hall.. - View image in PDF

Category: Photographs

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Date: 1944

Volume: War Years

Issue: 1944

SEPTEMBER 13TH. - COURTMACSHERRY HARBOUR, CO. CORK. A passenger aeroplane had been reported missing, but later it was learned that she had been found.- Rewards, £7 6s. 6d..

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Date: 1945

Volume: War Years

Issue: 1945

OCTOBER 29TH. - SHOREHAM HARBOUR, SUSSEX. Distress signals had been reported and it was thought that an aeroplane had crashed in the sea, but nothing could be found. - Rewards, £20 4s..

James Postlethwaite

Date: December 1938

Volume: 30

Issue: 336

Ferryside, Carmarthenshire. — During the morning of the 28th August, 1938, a vessel under sail was seen beating up towards Cefn Sidan. A moderate N.

gale was blowing, with a moderate sea.

The vessel was...

Introducing the Shannon class lifeboat

Date: Summer 2011

Volume: 61

Issue: 596 Lifeboat Magazine Summer 2011

We’re delighted to announce that our next all-weather lifeboat class, due on station in 2013, will be called the Shannon. We’ve been naming lifeboats after rivers or stretches of water for 45 years, but this is the first time the name of an...

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