LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Royal Visitors
The Duke of Kent, President of the R.N.L.I., visited the headquarters of the life-boat service at 42 Grosvenor Gardens, London, on 11th March. During his tour of the building the Duke of Kent visited all departments and met members of the... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
An Aeroplane
Scarborough, Yorkshire.—10th September.
During the King's Cup Air Race it was reported that an aeroplane had come down in North Bay, but actually it had crashed on Castle Hill.
—Rewards, £13 12s....
A Steamer (2)
JANUARY 28TH. - CROMER, NORFOLK.
A steamer had been reported aground on the Haisborough Sands, but could not be found and must have refloated and gone on her way. - Rewards, £38 3s. 6d..
A British Anson Aeroplane
JULY 8TH. - PWLLHELI, CAERNARVONSHIRE.
A British Anson aeroplane had come down in the sea, but her crew were rescued by a Walrus amphibious aeroplane.
- Rewards, £3 2s. 6d..
A Vessel (6)
JANUARY 30TH. - WICK, CAITHNESSSHIRE.
An unknown vessel had been reported in distress some nineteen miles N.E.
of Wick, but the life-boat found nothing. - Rewards, £30 5s. 6d..
An Aeroplane (161)
OCTOBER 22ND. - DUNGENESS, KENT.
A German aeroplane had crashed into the sea, but only a large patch of oil was found.
- Rewards, £31 17s. 6d..
A Vessel (7)
DECEMBER 11TH. - WEYMOUTH, DORSET.
A vessel had been reported in difficulties, but nothing was found. Later, wreckage was washed up, but there was no trace of the crew of seven. - Rewards, £9 19s. 6d.
Yacht Aquila
Margate, Kent - At 4.27 p.m. on 7th December, 1969, it was learnt that the 50 ft. ketch yacht Aquila, on passage from Newhaven to London with a crew of four, had fired red flares. She had ripped her mainsail in a sudden squall and had...
Lady Molly
FOUR WOMEN AND A DOG TAKEN OFF YACHT Margate, Kent. At 7.47 on the evening of the 8th July, 1962, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a yacht had fired two distress signals off Botany Bay. The life-boat North Foreland (Civil...
Delga I
Bridlington, Yorkshire - At 9.50 p.m. on 24th August, 1966, information was received that the trawler Delga I of Grimsby had an injured man on board and required a doctor. The life-boat Tillie Morrison, Sheffield II was launched, with a...