LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
An R.A.F. Aeroplane (1)
FEBRUARY 22ND. - PORTHDINLLAEN, CAERNARVONSHIRE. An R.A.F. aeroplane had been reported down in the sea, but the life-boat was recalled by wireless before she reached the position given.- Rewards, £12 5s. 6d..
A Mosquito Aeroplane
JULY 28TH. - CROMER, NORFOLK. A Mosquito aeroplane had crashed near the shore at Bacton. The life-boat found only wreckage, but two bodies were recovered by the police. - Rewards, £3 18s..
An Aeroplane (3)
FEBRUARY 1ST. - EASTBOURNE, SUSSEX.
An aeroplane had been reported down in the sea, but the naval authorities recalled the life-boat. - Rewards, £29 17s..
T. L. Devlin, of Granton
DECEMBER 19TH. ~ ABERDEEN. At 1.54 in the morning information was received from the coastguard that the steam trawler T. L.
Devlin, of Granton, had sprung a leak and needed help. A southerly gale was blowing, with heavy...
A Disaster of 63 Years Ago Recalled
AMONG the names of honorary workers to whom awards have been made this year is Mrs. Ellen Surman, who for twenty-seven years has been an honorary worker at Neath, Glamorganshire.
In accepting the reward, Mrs. Surman...
Category: Articles
Vermont, of Halifax
On the 20th October, the barque Vermont, of Halifax, parted from her anchors and van ashore, in a heavy gale from W.N.W., on Burnett's wharf shoal, near Fleetwood. The Institution's life-boat, stationed at that place, was immediately...
David O' Connell, of Arklow
TYRELLA, DUNDRUM BAT, IRELAND.— During a whole gale of wind from S.S.E., on the 6th December, 1865, a schooner was seen endeavouring to beat out of Dundrum Bay. Owing to the heavy gale and the tre- mendous sea running, she failed in doing so...
Mary Elizabeth
GREENCASTLE.—On the 19th February, at 5 P.M., a schooner was observed at anchor, in a very dangerous position, off Ennishowen Head. The wind was blowing strongly from the S.S.W., and the sea was very heavy. The Greencastle Life-boat went off...
None (12)
JUNE 18TH. - NEWHAVEN, SUSSEX.
During the morning four men were cut off by the tide under the Seven Sisters Cliffs, near Seaford. One of them swam to Cuckmere.
There the police informed the Newhaven...
A Lysander Aeroplane and a Spitfire Aeroplane
JANUARY 21ST. - SKEGNESS, LINCOLNSHIRE.
At 10.25 A.M. the honorary secretary of the station saw a Lysander aeroplane and a Spitfire aeroplane collide. The Lysander crashed at once but the Spitfire flew off, only to crash...