LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Warwick Aeroplane
JANUARY 18TH. - PORTRUSH, CO. ANTRIM.
A Warwick aeroplane had been seen in difficulties and flying low, but she reached her base. - Rewards, £11 6s. 6d..
Acacia
On the 12th May the ketch Acacia, of London, bound from Grimsby for Faro for the fisheries, was seen in the bay, evidently making for the harbour, in a moderate N.N.E. breeze and a rough sea, and a telephone message was received from the...
A Yacht
Great Yarmouth & Gorleston, Norfolk - At 1.52 a.m. on 4th October, 1967, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a yacht was in difficulties seven miles from Smiths Knoll and another yacht appeared to be in difficulties 14 to...
Empire Queen of Dublin
On the 5th August, the ship Empire Queen, of Dublin, was stranded during foggy weather on the south end of the Arldovv Bank. The life-boat Alfred and Ernest, sta- tioned at Courtown, went out, in reply to signals of distress, and at the...
Awards to Honorary Workers
To Mr. RICHARD BINNY, upon his resignation after 15 years' service as Honorary Secretary of the Padstow Branch, the Thanks of the Institution inscribed on Vellum.
To the Rev. Canon GOLDSMITH, upon his resignation after...
Category: Awards
A Ship's Boat
FEBRUARY 9TH. - THURSO, CAITHNESS- SHIRE. A ship’s boat had been reported drifting off Sandside Head, but nothing was found. The boat later went ashore, badly damaged, with no one on board.
- Rewards, £10 1s....
Two Aeroplanes (1)
APRIL 26TH. - CLACTON - ON - SEA, ESSEX. Two aeroplanes had been reported down in the sea and what appeared to be a submerged aeroplane was found, but there was no sign of survivors. - Rewards, £4 9s.
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A Steamer (14)
MARCH 14TH. - CROMER, NORFOLK.
A steamer had been attacked and set on fire, but when the life-boat arrived her crew had already left her and she could find no trace of them. - Rewards, £28 0S. 6d..
Bavington
BOULMER, NORTHUMBERLAND.—During the night of the 27th April the ketch Bavington, of Newcastle, while on a voyage from Middlesborough to Dundee, was wrecked on the North Steel rocks. A fierce gale, with heavy rain, was blowing from the E.S.E....
The Motor Fishing Boats White Lady & True Vine
The motor life-boat Edward and Isabella Irwin was launched at 9.55 A.M. on the 24th December, as a fisherman had repo'rted that the motor fishing boat White Lady appeared to be in need of help. A strong S.E. gale was blowing, with a...