FORTHCOMING EVENTS We regret that we are unable to include notices of forthcoming events in THE LIFEBOAT. Although we appreciate fully the benefits of obtaining advance publicity for fundraising events the sheer number involved would soon...
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BURRAFIRTH, LERWICK, SHETLANDS. At 1.52 P.M. on the 20th October, 1939, the coastguard asked the Lighthouse Shore Station at Burrafirth to send its boat to pick up the crew of the S.S. Sea Venture, of London, which had been sunk by enemy...
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NOV. 26TH. - THE HUMBER, YORKSHIRE.
An aeroplane was reported to have crashed into the sea. The life-boat, other vessels and aircraft searched for her, but nothing could be found. - Permanent paid crew. Rewards,...
MARCH 1 6 T H . - BLACKPOOL, AND LYTHAM - ST. ANNES, LANCASHIRE. A British aeroplane had been reported down in the sea, but it was found later to be a false alarm. - Rewards, Blackpool, £11 6s. 9d. ; Lytham - St. Annes, £8 6s....
Whitby, Yorkshire. At nine o'clock on the morning of the 18th of April, 1959, an ex-coxswain of the life-boat, who is today a boathouse attendant, told the honorary secretary that while attending his boats in the upper harbour he had...
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MAY 1ST. - DUNGENESS, KENT. An aeroplane had crashed in the sea, but only oil and wreckage could be found. - Rewards, £21 6s..
DECEMBER 5TH. - PADSTOW, CORNWALL.
A fishing boat had been reported in difficulties, but she reached Port Isaac under her own power. - Rewards, £4 8s..
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The remains of the Watson cabin motor life-boats from Yarmouth, Isle of Wight and Selsey, Sussex. Nothing is left forward but the keels, deadwoods and iron floor-straps. On the left can be seen the forward steel bulkhead of the engine-room... - View image in PDF
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