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A Speed Boat

Date: Spring 1993

Volume: 53

Issue: 524

Survivor from wrecked speedboat rescued from base of 35ft cliff Lough Swilly lifeboat crew members Bernard Devlin and Mark Porter have been awarded the Thanks of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution inscribed on Vellum following the...

Gnosall Branch

Date: Winter 1985

Volume: 49

Issue: 491

Say no more! Words fail Derek Ball of Gnosall branch, Staffordshire, as his wife Lynda gently persuades him to make yet another contribution to their lifeboat swear box. It has had more than £30 off him to... - View image in PDF

Category: Photographs

None (49)

Date: 1939

Volume: War Years

Issue: 1939

Nov. 8TH. - ARBROATH. ANGUS. It was reported that a man had been drowned off that part of the coast known as Mariners' Grave, but the life-boat could find nothing.

- Rewards, £7 6s. 6d..

A Speed Boat

Date: 1940

Volume: War Years

Issue: 1940

DECEMBER 2ND. - MARYPORT, CUMBERLAND.

A speed boat engaged on R.A.F. work was reported to have caught fire and blown up, but later it was found that the report was incorrect. - Rewards, £23 4s..

An Aeroplane (28)

Date: 1942

Volume: War Years

Issue: 1942

MARCH 2ND. - KIRKCUDBRIGHT. The R.A.F. reported that an aeroplane was down in the sea and that it was too rough for their speed boat, but the life-boat found nothing.

- Rewards, £18 18s..

A Rowing Boat

Date: 1943

Volume: War Years

Issue: 1943

JUNE 29TH. - DOUGLAS, ISLE OF MAN.

A small rowing boat had been reported missing, but could not be found. It was found abandoned in a cave on the following day. - Rewards, £13 16s. 9d..

None (40)

Date: 1943

Volume: War Years

Issue: 1943

DECEMBER 23RD. - ROSSLARE HARBOUR, CO. WEXFORD. Flares had been reported but nothing could be found, and it was thought that they had been dropped by an aeroplane. - Partly paid permanent crew.

Rewards, £4...

A Parachute (2)

Date: 1944

Volume: War Years

Issue: 1944

JULY 3RD. - SHERINGHAM, NORFOLK.

A parachute with something attached had been seen to fall into the sea, but the life-boat was recalled as it was thought certain that no person was attached to the parachute and that the...

A Motor Vessel

Date: 1945

Volume: War Years

Issue: 1945

FEBRUARY 9TH. - ILFRACOMBE, DEVON.

A motor vessel had signalled that her engine had failed, but she repaired it and was able to go on her way. - Rewards, £23 8s..

An Aeroplane (74)

Date: 1942

Volume: War Years

Issue: 1942

SEPTEMBER 26TH. - SKEGNESS, LINCOLNSHIRE.

An aeroplane had dropped into the sea in flames, but it was learned later that the airmen had been rescued and the life-boat was recalled. - Rewards, £6 17s..