LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
An Aeroplane (32)
AUGUST 8TH. - SELSEY, SUSSEX. An aeroplane had been reported down in the sea, but a search, in which R.A.F. boats and aeroplanes also took part, was without result, and it was thought that the aeroplane had exploded high up and had been...
An Aeroplane (8)
SEPTEMBER 27TH - 28TH. - SOUTHEND - ON - SEA, ESSEX. Mr. Geoffrey de Havilland was testing a new type of aeroplane, before attempting to break the world’s high speed record. It crashed in the sea. The life-boat made two searches, but failed...
An Aeroplane (202)
DECEMBER 29TH. - GREAT YARMOUTH AND GORLESTON, NORFOLK, AND LOWESTOFT, SUFFOLK. A British aeroplane had crashed into the sea 3 miles E.N.E. of Lowestoft, but nothing was found, except a blue mitten which sank before it could be picked up. -...
None (7)
FEBRUARY 8TH. - KILLYBEGS, CO. DONEGAL. A flashing light had been reported, but it was found to come from a dan (a buoy with a flag or a light attached), belonging to a trawler engaged in fishing.- Rewards, £13 2s. 6d.
The S.S. Kabinda
DEC. 8TH. - WALMER, AND RAMSGATE, KENT. At 8.32 A.M. a message was received at Walmer from the Deal coastguard that a Belgian steamer had stranded on the Goodwin Sands, north of the wreck of the Mahratta.
A whole S.S.W....
Two Dinghies (1)
Seven lifeboat stations involved in 21 hour search for missing anglersA complex service on 14 April 1991 involved all seven lifeboat stations from Dover to Newhaven, lasted 21 hours and involved searching of an area of 3,400 square miles for...