LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
An R.A.F. Aeroplane (2)
APRIL 1ST. - CLOVELLY, DEVON. An R.A.F. aeroplane had come down into the sea very near the shore, but the help of the life-boat was not needed. - Rewards, £8 0S. 6d..
A Vessel (32)
OCTOBER 18TH. - SALCOMBE, DEVON. A vessel had been reported in distress and showing a red light, but the life-boat was recalled as she was not needed. - Rewards, £15 9s..
An Aeroplane (3)
MAY 21ST. - EXMOUTH, DEVON. An aeroplane had been reported in the sea near Budleigh Salterton, but no sign of oil or wreckage could be found. - Rewards, £16 13s. 9d..
A Minesweeper (1)
DECEMBER 7TH. - CLOVELLY, AND APPLEDORE, DEVON. A minesweeper had broken adrift while being towed, but there was no one on board. - Rewards : Clovelly, £20 8s. ; Appledore, £24 2s. 6d..
An Aeroplane (18)
DECEMBER 27TH. - TORBAY, AND SALCOMBE, DEVON. An aeroplane had been reported crashed in the sea, but nothing was found. - Rewards : Torbay, £27 6s. ; Salcombe, £21 11s. 6d..
November (1)
LYNMOUTH, DEVON. At eight in the evening of the 2nd September, 1942, a visitor reported that several people could be heard shouting for help beneath the cliffs to the east of the harbour. A light westerly wind was blowing, but the sea was...
Category: Services
(Above) Coxswain Graham Walker Pictured During the Naming Ceremony of the Station's Mersey Doris M. Mann of Ampthill,
(above) Coxswain Graham Walker pictured during the naming ceremony of the station's Mersey Doris M. - View image in PDF
Mann of Ampthill, seen below on trials.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Padstow's Tyne Class Lifeboat James Bumugh
Padstow's Tyne class lifeboat James Bumugh launches from her slipway - see letter below. - View image in PDF
photo T. Haresign. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Angling Vessel Badger
Pushed to the limit Two inshore lifeboats were tested to their limits on 9 March 2002, when an angling vessel with a crew of three was in difficulty 1.5 miles from Southend-on-Sea. The weather was fair and dry.
but there...
The Newhaven Lifeboat Was Also Involved In the Rescue Caught In the Dramatic Photograph (Left)
The Newhaven lifeboat was also involved in the rescue caught in the dramatic photograph (left) from the harbour wall on 24 July, 1988.
A swimmer, visible under the lifeboat's starboard bow, is being hauled from the... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs