LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Rubbish
A GIFT of seven shillings and sixpence has been received from an Essex school.
This sum was obtained by the sale of rubbish..
Category: Donations
The Hayling Island Atlantic 21 Lifeboat
The Hayling Island Atlantic 21 lifeboat - an easy boat to manhandle if necessary should she run aground when working in the shallow waters of the harbours in the area.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
November 24, 1934
November 24, 1934: an oak tree from Northumberland is planted in Battersea Park, London, in memory of Grace Darling. [The editor would be interested to know if the tree still thrives in 1985.1. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
New Record In the Rain
Having achieved an all-time branch record at its Flag Day last year, Tadley branch knew it had to do something a bit special for its 1998 Flag Day in June.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
A Night at the Opera...
Harrogate ladies lifeboat guild organised an evening entitled 'a Patchwork of Song', celebrating the RNLI's 175th and Opera North's 21st birthdays.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
A Spitfire Aeroplane
JANUARY 23RD. - SELSEY, SUSSEX. A Spitfire aeroplane had crashed in Pagham Harbour, but an R.A.F. boat picked up the body of the pilot. - Rewards, £10 18s. 6d..
A Launch
NOVEMBER 22ND. - FALMOUTH CORNWALL.
A launch from a motor vessel had been reported adrift, but she was picked up by an American landing craft. - Rewards, £13 14s. 6d..
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SEPTEMBER 16TH. - FRASERBURGH, ABERDEENSHIRE. An aeroplane had been reported on fire, but it was a false alarm.
- Rewards, £14 4s..
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OCTOBER 29TH. - SHOREHAM HARBOUR, SUSSEX. Distress signals had been reported and it was thought that an aeroplane had crashed in the sea, but nothing could be found. - Rewards, £20 4s..
A Landing Craft (3)
SEPTEMBER 16TH. - CAMPBELTOWN, ARGYLLSHIRE. An aeroplane had reported a ship ashore, but it was a landing craft which had gone ashore some days earlier.
- Rewards, £4 16s. 6d..