LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
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DEC. 3RD. - RAMSGATE, KENT. Flares had been reported by the coastguard, but nothing could he found. - Rewards, £7 16s. 6d..
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JUNE 20TH. - ARKLOW, CO. WICKLOW.
Flares had been reported, probably from an aeroplane, but nothing could be found.- Rewards, £14 0s. 6d..
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NOVEMBER 14TH. - SKEGNESS, LINCOLNSHIRE. Airmen from a crashed bombing aeroplane had landed on a sandbank, but were rescued by another vessel before the life-boat arrived. - Rewards, £15 16s.
Five Pence a Bucket of Water Lop a Bag of Soggy Pig Food
Five pence a bucket of water, lOp a bag of soggy pig food. That was the going rate for tormenting poor Edward Childs, a crew member of Port Isaac lifeboat in the stocks during the station's annual Lifeboat Larks. Bob Young (far left),... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
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St. Ives, Cornwall. At 2.43 p.m. on 2ist August, 1965, the coastguard reported that a man had fallen off., or had been washed off, the rocks at Clodgy Point. At 2.45 the IRB launched in a fresh west-north-westerly breeze and rough sea. The...
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ESCORT FOR FISHING VESSEL WITH ENGINE BREAKDOWN Rhyl, Flintshire. At 1.20 on the afternoon of the 7th February, 1962, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a fishing vessel appeared in difficulties about a quarter of a mile off...
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DEC. 10TH. - CROMER, NORFOLK. A heavy explosion had been heard, but nothing was found. - Rewards, £24 15s. 6d..
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DECEMBER 5TH. - HASTINGS, KENT.
A red light had been reported on the water off Bexhill, but nothing could be found.- Rewards, £44 17s..
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APRIL 10TH. - SHOREHAM HARBOUR, SUSSEX. Red flares had been seen, but were found to be from naval vessels at exercise. - Rewards, £11..
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OCTOBER 5TH. - GALWAY BAY. It had been reported that three men had baled out of a British aeroplane which had crashed in the sea, but nothing could be found. - Rewards, £15 12s..