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A Dinghy (1)
Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin - At 5.10 p.m. on 2nd September, 1966, a dinghy with a crew of two was reported to have capsized one mile east of Mugglins.
At 5.15 the life-boat Dunleary II left her moorings in a strong westerly...
An Aeroplane (18)
JUNE 15TH. - LOWESTOFT, SUFFOLK.
An aeroplane had fallen into the sea and man was seen to bale out, but a trawler picked him up. - Rewards, £2 5s..
A Trawler
MARCH 18TH. - GOURDON, KINCARDINESHIRE.
Shortly after seven in the morning the body of a man was found among the rocks near Gourdon. There was a fog, and when it lifted a trawler could be seen.
The...
Right) the final Hampshire Rose Appeal cheque, for £3,300 bringing the grand total to £71,400, was presented by Sir Alec Rose,
(Right) The final Hampshire Rose Appeal cheque, for £3,300 bringing the grand total to £71,400, was presented by Sir Alec Rose, chairman of the Appeal Committee, to Anthony Oliver, district organising secretary (South), on October... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
An R.A.F. Aeroplane (1)
FEBRUARY 16TH. - MARGATE, KENT.
A message from the coastguard reported that an R.A.F. aeroplane had come down in the sea two miles north of the Reculvers, On her way out the life-boat picked up on her wireless the position...
Where Help Is Wanted
In the North-West of England.
THE Institution is anxious to form or develop Branches in the following places the North-West of England, and would be very grateful to any readers of The Lifeboat who could help it to do...
Category: Advertisement
The Right Spirit
Here is an example of the right spirit in giving to the Life-boat Service.
In response to a request for the renewal of a subscription, the Honorary Secretary at Henley received the following letter, with the subscription...
Category: Articles
Award for Licensee of Inn
Ox the evening of the 9th of August, 1957, two boys and a girl were bathing off the beach at Walberswick, some two hundred yards south of the south pier of the harbour at Southwold, Suffolk. A strong south-by-east breeze was blowing and...
Category: Awards
Two Scottish Inaugural Ceremonies. Campbeltown (Argyllshire); Troon (Ayrshire)
Campbeltown (Argyllshire) ; Troon (Ayrshire).
DURING September tte Inaugural Cere- monies took place of two new Motor Life-boats on tte West Coast of Scot- land, at Campbeltown, Argyllstire, and Troon,...
Category: Inaugurations
November 24, 1934
November 24, 1934: an oak tree from Northumberland is planted in Battersea Park, London, in memory of Grace Darling. [The editor would be interested to know if the tree still thrives in 1985.1. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs