LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Wellington Bomber Aeroplane
FEBRUARY 12TH. - ALDEBURGH, SUFFOLK.
A Wellington bomber aeroplane had been reported in the sea some miles east of Southwold, but nothing was found. - Rewards, £45 14s.
A Caterpillar Tractor for Launching Life-Boats. By Captain Howard F. J. Rowley, C.B.E., R.N., Chief Inspector of Life-Boats
THE great difficulty in the way of prompt Life-boat launches on flat beaches is the difficulty of the horses.
It is becoming increasingly hard to get the use of horses and the men to manage them, and they have frequently to...
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A Boat (7)
SEPT. 3RD. - ILFRACOMBE, DEVON.
Shortly before 6 P.M. information was received from the police that a small boatwas in difficulties outside the breakers in Woolacombe Bay. A squally W. by S. wind was blowing, with a heavy...
(Above) Presenting the Duchess of Kent With a Posy
(Above) Presenting the Duchess of Kent with a posy before the Wells naming ceremony was a big event for Storm Force member Melissa Walker, daughter of Coxswain/ Mechanic Graham Walker.. - View image in PDF
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A Naval Trawler
JUNE 27TH. - SALCOMBE, DEVON. A naval trawler had been reported in difficulties south of Prawle Point, but she was not found as she had gone to Dartmouth. - Rewards, £3 19s. 6d..
Boats, bangles and bands: the occasion was the annual bazaar of the Hakin Point branch
Boats, bangles and bands: The occasion was the annual bazaar of the Hakin Point branch and once again crowds attended for boat trips, bargains and other attractions, one of which was the fishing boat race organised by the South West Wales... - View image in PDF
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A Dinghy (1)
Girvan, Ayrshire - At 12.20 p.m. on 21st September, 1969, the coastguardtold the life-boat coxswain that a distress signal had been seen from a small boat off Lendalfoot. The lifeboat Inbhear Mor, on temporary duty at the station, slipped...
A Motor Boat (2)
Ramsgate, Kent.—23rd October, 1938.
A motor boat, with a fishing party on board, had not returned when expected, but it made Margate safely.—Rewards, £15 14s..
List of the Rewards for Saving Life from Wrecks, Voted By the Royal National Life-Boat Institution
GOD HELP OTIS MEW AT SEA.
FOR SAVING LIFE FROM WRECKS, VOTED BY THE ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION, TO THE CREW? J' ITS LIFE-BOATS, TO SHORE AND FISHING-BOATS' CHEWS, AND OTHElTrEr.SONS, . ROM THE 1ST JANUARY...
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