LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
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7th January.
Rockets fired from an hotel at Slapton mistaken for distress signals close inshore.—Rewards, £ 14 Os. 6d..
A Boat (2)
Fleetwood, Lancashire.—10th June.
Search was made for an overdue boat, but she did not need help and reached Blackpool.—Rewards, £15 11*. 6d..
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Cromer, Norfolk.—5th October, 1939.
An aeroplane was reported to have sent out a distress signal, but nothing could be found.—Rewards, £26 2*..
The Big Break
Nicholas White, aged 19, an indefatigable fundraiser for the Ivybridge and district branch, is pictured outside No. 10 Downing Street at the end of his latest moneyspinning venture.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Mr Hugh Morrison, MBE
Mr Hugh Morrison, MBE honorary secretary at Barra lifeboat station from 1946 to 1986. He was awarded a gold badge in 1977 and was appointed an honorary life governor in 1986..
Category: Obituaries
Rye Harbour's Lifeboat House
Rve Harbour's lifeboat house sits atop a substantial base and piles extending deep imo the sedimentary mud on the west bank of the fiver Rother. The station operates an Atlantic 75. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
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MARCH 2ND. - ALDEBURGH, SUFFOLK.
Men in an open boat had been reported off Thorpeness, but the “ boat ” was found to be a barrage balloon. - Rewards, £16 9s. 6d..
A Vessel (5)
APRIL 3RD. - ROSSLARE HARBOUR, CO. WEXFORD. An unknown vessel had reported that she was being attacked, but nothing could be found. - Rewards, partly paid permanent crew, £2 3s. 6d..
A British Miles Martinet Aeroplane
JUNE 19TH. - WELLS, NORFOLK. A British Miles Martinet aeroplane had been reported down in the sea, but only an oil patch was found. - Rewards, £15 10s. 3d..
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OCTOBER 19TH. - SKEGNESS, LINCOLNSHIRE.
An airman had dropped by parachute from a Mosquito aeroplane, but came down on land. - Rewards, £10 19s..