LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Motor Rescue Dinghy
MAY 5TH . - WELLS, NORFOLK. A motor rescue dinghy had been dropped from an aeroplane to airmen whose aeroplane had come down in the sea and who had got away in their rubber dinghy. The motor dinghy took the other dinghy in tow. This is...
Lights and Lighthouses
HAVING in our last number described the buildings and floating vessels from which beacon lights are exhibited, we have now to give some account of the nature and history of the lights themselves.
At a very remote period,...
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Our Inland Branches. Settle
DOES our reader know where Settle is, or the description of country that has to be traversed in making the journey to this part of England ? The question will pro- bably be answered in the negative, as it is a small market town of some 2000...
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The G.P.O. "Medico" Service
ONE of the lesser known services to which the R.N.L.I. makes a big con- tribution is the Post Office "Medico" service. The twelve G.P.O. coast radio stations, including the world-wide radio- telegraph station at Burnham-on-Sea,...
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A Vessel
5th December.
A vessel grounded on the Barber Sands, but got oil without help.—Rewards, £41 15s..
None (6)
7th April.
Distress signals had been reported, but no trace of a vessel in distress could be found. Rewards, £9 11s..
A Small Boat (4)
Bembridge, Isle of Wight.—llth July.
A small boat was supposed to be drifting, off Ryde, but nothing was found.—Rewards, £13 10s..
A Motor Coble
Holy Island, Northumberland.—20th August.—A motor coble got into difficulties, but made harbour without help.
—Rewards, £5 15s..
A Rowing Boat
Campbeltown, Argyllshire.—6th September.
A rowing boat was blown to sea, but was picked up by a fishing boat.—Rewards, £10 18s..
None (1)
15th October.
Rockets had been seen by the North Goodwin light-vessel, but no vessel in need of help could be found.—Rewards, £11 19s. 9d..