LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Press Award
It has been decided that in future reports of inshore rescue boat services also qualify for the Institution's annual press award for the best newspaper report of a life-boat service..
Category: Awards
Port Talbot
It is regretted that a gift made to the Port Talbot branch of £700 was inadvertently left out of the Supplement to Year Book 1967 listing branch collections for 1966..
Category: Branches
An Aeroplane (45)
APRIL 14TH. - CROMARTY. A British aeroplane had been reported down in the sea, but it was learned later that the crew had reached the shore unaided. - Rewards, £5..
A Boat (1)
JUNE 3RD. - DOVER, KENT. A small boat was reported to have broken down, it was believed, with troops from Dunkirk on board, but nothing could be found. - Rewards, £3 15s..
None (87)
SEPTEMBER 21ST. - BARRA ISLAND, HEBRIDES. A light or flare had been seen which it was thought might come from a drifting boat, but nothing could be found.- Rewards, £9 7s..
An Air-Sea Rescue Launch
NOVEMBER 20TH. - BARRA ISLAND, HEBRIDES. An air-sea rescue launch’s engine had broken down, but she was able to repair it and go on her way. - Rewards, £7 5s..
A Rowing Boat (3)
JUNE 10TH. - TORBAY, DEVON. A rowing boat had been reported missing, but was found later beached and abandoned by the two men who had hired it. - Rewards, £8 8s..
A Dinghy (6)
JULY 26TH. - SALCOMBE, DEVON. A dinghy had been reported missing, but could not be found. Later it was brought in by another boat. - Rewards, £7 19s..
An Anson Aeroplane (5)
DECEMBER 26TH. - PORTHDINLLAEN, CAERNARVONSHIRE. An Anson aeroplane had been reported overdue, but nothing was found and it was learned that the aeroplane had crashed on the shore. - Rewards, £12..
A Fishing Boat (8)
DECEMBER 21ST. - ABERDEEN. A fishing boat had been disabled by a net fouling her propeller, but she was able to clear it and went on her way. - Rewards, £14 14s. 6d.