LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Great International Fisheries Exhibition, 1883
SINCE the great International Exhibition of 1851, promoted by the late lamented and ever-to-be-remembered PRINCE Conr- SORT, and carried to a successful termina- tion under his auspices, there have been many such exhibitions in this and...
Category: Articles
H.M.S. Boreas
Great Yarmouth and Gorleston, Norfolk.
•—3rd August, 1938. A boat from H.M.S. Boreas, acting as escort to the Royal Yacht which had their Majesties the King and Queen on board, had been reported adrift, but it was learned...
When Grange Infants' School Invited Hartlepool Crew Members Les Pounder and Ron Latcham to Visit Them In July
When Grange Infants' School invited Hartlepool crew members Les Pounder and Ron Latcham to visit them in July it was to present them with a cheque for £712.58. The children had added up this impressive sum for the lifeboats with a... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Drittura
JAN. 13TH. - BOULMER, NORTHUMBERLAND.
The Dutch motor vessel Drittura had burned a red flare, but it was found that she had done this by mistake when signalling for a pilot.-Rewards, £18 15s. 6d..
A Steam Drifter
AUGUST 26TH. - FLEETWOOD, LANCASHIRE.
A steam drifter had been reported ashore and showing signals of distress, but it was found that a mistake had been made in the signal and that she was not in any difficulty. - Rewards,...
A Barge
MAY 25TH. - NEW BRIGHTON, CHESHIRE.
A barge had been reported sunk after collision, but nothing was found, and it was later learned that the barge had been beached. - Rewards, £11 10s. 6d..
An Aeroplane (156)
OCTOBER 13TH. - SKEGNESS, LINCOLNSHIRE.
An aeroplane had been reported to have crashed and the airman to have come down by parachute, but it turned out to be only a parachute flare. - Rewards, £12 3s..
Institition's Medals
The Institution awarded to its life-boatmen 8 Gold Medals, 43 Silver Medals and 153 Bronze Medals - 204 medals in all.
It awarded to shore-boat rescuers 2 Silver Medals and 14 Bronze Medals..
Category: Medals
A Naval Motor Boat
JULY 14TH. - NEWQUAY, CORNWALL.
A naval motor boat had been reported missing, but the life-boat was recalled when it was learned that the motor boat had reached Bude. - Rewards, £24 6s..
An Aeroplane (191)
DECEMBER 27T . - HARTLEPOOL, DURHAM, AND REDCAR, YORKSHIRE.
Flares had been seen and an aeroplane was believed to be in the sea, but the life-boats found nothing, and later it was learned that a German aeroplane had been...