LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
An Aeroplane (124)
SEPTEMBER 4TH. - HASTINGS, SUSSEX.
An aeroplane was reported to have come down in the sea, but the life-boat found nothing. - Rewards, £31 2s. 6d..
A Small Raft
APRIL 27TH. - CROMARTY. Two boys had gone adrift on a small raft, but were rescued by two men in a rowing boat.- Rewards, £3 2s. 6d. (See Fortrose, “Services by Shore-boats,” page 73.).
A Vessel (3)
DECEMBER 18TH. - FOWEY, CORNWALL.
A vessel, believed to have been torpedoed, had been reported in distress, but nothing was found. - Rewards, £13 2s. 6d..
A Vessel (34)
OCTOBER 29TH. - BARRA ISLAND, HEBRIDES. A vessel had been reported in distress about ten miles east of Barra Head, but nothing could be found. - Rewards : first launch, £10 13s. ; second launch £21 2s. 6d.
Statement of the Services of the Life-Boats of the Royal National Life-Boat Institution During the Month of December, 1874
wtck. Site of Wreck. Wind and Weather. Name of Vessel. 1874.
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Category: Services
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Father and son trapped in cave Adifficult and dangerous service by Port Isaac's D class inshore lifeboat has led to the award of the RNLI's Thanks on Vellum to her helmsman Kevin Dingle and to a crew member, Mike Edkins.
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Awards to Honorary Workers
The Thanks of the Institution on Vellum.
The THANKS OF THE INSTITUTION INSCRIBED ON VELLUM has been awarded to : Mr. J. G. McMoRRis, on his retirement after 24 years as honorary secretary of the Portrush...
Category: Awards
Royal Archer, of Leith
Southend-on-Sea, Essex.—Soon after 8 P.M. on the 12th June messages were received from the coastguard and the Royal Naval Signal Station that a steamer with 120 passengers on board had been beached one mile west of South Shoebury buoy,...
A Steamer (1)
Boulmer, Northumberland.—13th September.
The life-boat searched unsuccessfully for a steamer which was sounding her siren continuously in a fog.—Rewards, £13 4s..
The Girvan Pleasure Motor Boat Carrick Lass
Girvan, Ayrshire.—On the evening of the 24th June news was received that the Girvan pleasure motor boat Carrick Lass had run ashore about half a mile .
north of Girvan harbour in a thick mist. The sea was smooth and there...