LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Life-Boat Service and the Boys' Brigade
IN Northern Ireland the Life-boat Service has been receiving very valuable help from the Boys' Brigade during the last two or three months. The Belfast Battalion has made a systematic house to- house collection in the city of Belfast,...
Category: Articles
Storming Norman
Norman Whereat, Cirencester branch Chairman is pictured above manning the RNLI stall at a Christmas sale where the total value of goods sold topped £2,500.
Norman is celebrating his 40th year as a member of the branch... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
1939
funnel (or the exhausts, mast only for signalling and the wireless aerial, and two 40 h.p. Diesel engines. Stationed at Gorleston. - View image in PDF
Cost, £9,000.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Gudveig of Oslo
Caister, and Great Yarmouth and Gorleston, Norfolk; and Lowestoft, Suf- folk. At 4.59 on the morning of the 24th of February, 1961, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary of the Gorleston station that the motor vessel Gudveig of Oslo...
A Barge (1)
10th Novem- ber. A barge was known to have gone ashore, but the life-boat could not find her in the darkness, as she had no lights. The barge remained ashore, but her crew were in no danger.—Perma- nent crew; Rewards, £1 2s....
A Martinet Aeroplane
OCTOBER 8TH. - MINEHEAD, SOMERSET.
A Martinet aeroplane had come down in the sea, but only wreckage was found. - Rewards, £18 2s.
(See Watchet, “ Services by Shore-boats,” page 65.).
An Aeroplane (50)
DECEMBER 11TH. - ALDEBURGH, SUFFOLK.
An aeroplane had been reported down in the sea, but nothing could be found.
Rescue craft and aeroplanes also searched.- Rewards, £24 2s. 6d..
An R.A.F. Hawker Hurricane Aeroplane
MARCH 2 3RD. - DOVER, KENT. An R.A.F. Hawker Hurricane aeroplane had been reported down in the sea about five miles off Dover, but nothing could be found.
- Rewards, £14 2s. 6d..
A Vessel (14)
APRIL 3RD. - HOLY ISLAND, NORTHUMBERLAND.
A vessel had been reported to be on fire six miles N.N.E. of the Longstone Lighthouse, but nothing could be found.- Rewards, £5 2s. 6d..
A Fishing Boat (6)
MAY 19TH. - SHOREHAM HARBOUR, SUSSEX. A fishing boat from Worthing had not returned when expected. Her engine had broken down, but she made port unaided.
- Rewards, £5 2s. 6d..