LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Rowing Boat (2)
Selsey, Sussex.—19th August, 1939.
It had been reported that a rowing boat was drifting out to sea with a man on board shouting for help, but the lifeboat could find nothing.—Rewards, £11 15s..
The Mumbles (Below): a New Winch Installed In the Boathouse Last January Was Brought Across from Swansea Dock By An Army Landing Craft to Be Hauled Up the Slipway
The Mumbles (below): A new winch, installed in the boathouse last January, was brought across from Swansea Dock by an army landing craft to be hauled up the slipway by the old Webber winch which it is replacing.
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It's Too Big to Fit In a Collecting Box - Corus Shotton Sports and Social Club
It's too big to fit in a collecting box - Corus Shotton sports and social club manager Kath Tellett hands over a cheque to HNLt area organiser Richard Polden, joined by Connah's Quay committee members Nev Williams, Ray Cottrelt,... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
An Aeroplane (155)
OCTOBER 9TH. - MOELFRE, ANGLESEY.
A British bomber aeroplane had been reported in the sea eighteen miles S.E. of Douglas, which would make her 39 miles from Moelfre, but it was found that the lifeboat was not needed and she...
A Boat (2)
NOVEMBER 10TH. - LLANDUDNO, CAERNARVONSHIRE.
A small boat with two boys in it drifted out to sea but nothing could be found. Later the boat came ashore, but there was no sign of the boys. - Rewards, £23 11s....
A Paravane
JUNE 21ST. - ALDEBURGH, SUFFOLK.
An object, which was thought to be a rubber dinghy, had been reported, but it was found to be a paravane with a mast and flag. - Rewards, £25 14s.
A Motor Cruiser
Three saved from cruiser on lee shore The rescue of three people from a disabled 25ft motor cruiser, which was only minutes from being driven on to a lee shore in large seas on the Norfolk coast, has earned Coxswain Anthony Jordon of Wells...
A Rowing Boat
On the after- noon of the 25th June the coastguard reported that a rowing boat with six apparently inefficient persons on board was making towards harbour. Shortly afterwards a thick fog settled down and it was decided to send out the motor...
A Dinghy (6)
Newquay, Cornwall. At 12.11 p.m.
on 13th August, 1965, while the IRB was co-operating with the Padstow life-boat on Newquay life-boat day, the crew saw a dinghy in difficulties drifting towards the Towan Headland and Cribba...
Fishing Cobles
Filey, Yorkshire. On the morning of the 18th of May, 1960, three local fishing cobles were working under Bempton cliffs in bad weather, and it was decided to launch the life-boat The Isa & Penryn Milsted. She left at 9.50, with the...