LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Racing Dinghies
Racing dinghies ON AN OVERCAST Sunday morning, May 3, dinghies from several sailing clubs on the River Blackwater had started racing when they were overtaken by deteriorating weather; soon after 1100 the strong westerly breeze was already...
None (2)
15th October. Flares had been reported to the east of Warden Point, but nothing could be found.—Rewards, £13 8s. 6d..
A Dutch Vessel
4th March. A Dutch vessel was wrecked on Blackwater Bank, but another vessel rescued the crew.— Permanent crew, Rewards, £2 6s. 6d..
An Aeroplane (120)
AUGUST 11TH. - RHYL, FLINTSHIRE. An aeroplane had been reported down in the sea, but nothing was found. - Rewards, £10 8s. 6d..
An Aeroplane (30)
JULY 27TH. - SELSEY, SUSSEX. An aeroplane had been reported down in the sea, but nothing could be found. - Rewards, £11 4s. 6d..
Rafts
Plymouth, Devon. — 2nd August.
Two men on rafts were being blown out to sea, but a change of wind brought them ashore at Bigbury.—Rewards, £5 145..
Fishing Boats
Gourdon, Kincardineshire. — On the morning of the 7th September the majority of the local fishing fleet put to sea. Later rain began to fall and the strong S.E. to E. breeze gradually increased until at noon half a gale was blowing. A heavy...
Ocean Pride
Dunbar, Haddingtonshire.—While the motor life-boat George and Sarah Strachan was at sea on the afternoon of the 16th of July, 1938, for her monthly exercise, she received a signal from the coastguard that a yacht was in a dangerous position...
An Aeroplane (154)
OCTOBER 19TH. - COVERACK, CORNWALL.
At 10.31 P .M. information was received, through the coastguard, that the coastwatching post at Kennack had seen an aeroplane crash into the sea in Kennack Bay, and in eight minutes the...
Lifeboat Lottery
The latest Lottery has brought in just short of £1MfortheRNLI! After the winter 2005 income of almost £750,000, itself a record, the spring 2006 Lifeboat Lottery bettered all expectations with an amazing £976,000. This...
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