LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Vessel (2)
Buckie, Banffshire.—21st June, 1938.
A vessel had been reported to be burning flares, but she could not be found, and it seems probable that the flares were lights on a fishing boat;— Rewards, £10 6s..
A Small Vessel
Longhope, Orkneys.—3rd September, 1939. A small vessel had been reported flying distress signals, and the life-boat searched a wide area but found nothing.
It was learned later that the vessel had been taken in tow by a...
Walton and Frinton Medal Service: A Correction
IN the last number of The Life-boat in the account of the service by the Walton and Frinton life-beat to the London barge Esterel, the date of the service was given as 4th November, 1939.
It sheuld have been 14th...
Category: Medals
A Landing Barge
DECEMBER 17TH. - RAMSGATE, KENT.
A landing barge had gone ashore, but the life-boat was recalled as it had been learnt that none of the crew was on board the barge. - Rewards, £7 18s..
Giorgio Ohlsen
FEBRUARY 16TH. - CROMER, NORFOLK.
The Italian steamer Giorgio Ohlsen, of Genoa, had struck a mine, and one of the steamer’s boats was reported adrift three miles east of Cromer, but the men in it had already been rescued. ...
An Aeroplane (98)
JUNE 27TH. - WICK, CAITHNESSSHIRE.
An R.A.F. aeroplane had been reported down, but nothing was found, and later it was learned that the aeroplane had returned safely. - Rewards, £7 13s. 6d.
Aeroplanes
SEPTEMBER 23RD. - CLACTON - ON - SEA, AND WALTON AND FRINTON, ESSEX.
It was thought that aeroplanes had collided and one was reported to have come down in flames, but nothing could be found. - Rewards : Clacton - on - Sea,...
The "London Journal" Life-Boat
THERE could probably be no better evidence afforded of the national importance of the work in which the NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION is engaged than the cordial and valuable co-operation afforded to it by the general press of this country;...
Category: Articles
List of Legacies Left to the Royal National Life-Boat Institution
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Category: Donations
Royal National Life-Boat Institution, For the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck
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