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A Boat (3)
Porthdinlliaen, Caernarvonshire - At 8.45 p.m. on 5th August, 1967, the honorary secretary was informed that a man had swum ashore from a boat which was in difficulties one mile from Trevor point. There were four others on...
A Beaufort Fighter Aeroplane
JULY 6TH. - THE HUMBER, YORKSHIRE.
A Beaufort fighter aeroplane bad come down in the sea, but her crew of two were rescued by a fishing coble which was close by when she crashed. - Partly paid permanent crew. - Rewards,...
A Trawler (1)
Anstruther, Fifeshire.—14th September.
A trawler ran ashore, but her crew were rescued by a motor boat.— Rewards, £8 18s..
A Family Affair
In the previous issue of The Lifeboat we featured a photograph of Malcolm Gray, Coxswain of St Davids lifeboat, along his daughter who is also a crew member.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
A Walrus Seaplane
JUNE 8TH. - THURSO, CAITHNESSSHIRE.
A Walrus seaplane had crashed into the sea, but a patrol vessel rescued her crew. - Rewards, £5 2s..
A Yacht (2)
JULY 27TH. - YARMOUTH, ISLE OF WIGHT. A yacht had capsized in a race, but her crew were saved by other yachts.- Rewards, £4 7s. 6d..
A R.A.F. Aeroplane
OCT. 19TH. - CLOVELLY, DEVON, AND PADSTOW, CORNWALL. A message was received that a R.A.F. aeroplane had come down in the sea, and the Clovelly life-boat was launched at 10.20 P.M. to search between Hartland Point and Bideford. A N.E. wind...
A Yacht (4)
Humber, Yorkshire. At 3.30 on the afternoon of the 21st of August, 1959, the coastguard informed the coxswain superintendent that a yacht appeared to be in difficulties on the Outer Binks. At 3.45 the life-boat City of Bradford III was...
A Gift to the Bridlington Crew
MRS. E. M. BARNES, of Bromley, Kent, has presented the life-boat crew at Bridlington, Yorkshire, with sea-boots, sea-boot stockings and gauntlet gloves, in memory of her sister. They were presented, and dedicated, at a special service at...
Category: Donations
A Canoe (2)
Salcombe, Devon. At 3.15 on the afternoon of the 1st September, 1961, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that two people in a canoe were stranded on the rocks at Steeple Cove near Bolt Head. At 3.35 on the ebbing tide the...