LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
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FEBRUARY 25TH. - ARKLOW, CO. WICKLOW. Red lights thought to be from an aeroplane had been reported, hut nothing could be found. - Rewards, £21 16s.
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JANUARY 31ST. - FRASERBURGH, ABERDEENSHIRE. An R.N.A.S. launch had been reported ashore, but she was not ashore and did not need help. - Rewards, £7 11s.
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OCTOBER 31ST. - RAMSGATE, KENT.
An airman had been reported down in the sea, but nothing could be found. - Rewards, £15 9s..
May Flower
On Sunday evening, 9th March, at about half-past six o'clock, the pilots on the look-out discovered a small steamer to the S. of the harbour. A heavy gale from S.S.E. was blowing at the time, and the sea was rapidly increasing. The...
SAFETY NET
Thanks to your support, the RNLI is helping to make the seas a safer place for the people who put fish on our tables
Commercial fishing in the cold, rough seas around the UK and Republic of Ireland is a hazardous...
Category: Articles
A Life-Boat Film In Australia
IN the Yarmouth Mercury on 5th March last, under the heading " Yarmouth and Gorleston Motor Life-boat's Fame in Australia," a letter was published "which had been received by a Gorleston man from his son in Australia. He...
Category: Articles
New Life-Boats
AYR, SCOTLAND.—The Life-boat at this station has been replaced by a new one of the Liverpool type, 35 ft. long by 10 ft. wide, rowing 12 oars and fitted with 2 drop keels. Like her predecessor she is named the Janet Hoyle, as desired by the...
Category: Inaugurations
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Holy Island, Northumberland.—31st October, 1939. An observation balloon was seen floating in the sea, but it was picked up by a fishing coble.—Rewards, £7 15s. 6d..
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6th August.
A large tree trunk with two limbs was mistaken for an upturned boat.—Re- wards, £11 12s..
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2nd September.
A black and white buoy was mistaken for an aeroplane in the sea.—Rewards, £14 10*..