LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Yacht (3)
OCTOBER 23RD. - DUNGENESS, KENT.
The coastguard had reported a yacht in difficulties, but nothing could be found, and later she was reported to have passed Dover.
- Rewards, £16 5s..
A Motor Boat (1)
JUNE 15TH. - THE MUMBLES, GLAMORGANSHIRE.
A motor boat had broken down, but she was taken in tow by a steamer.
- Rewards, £5 18s. 6d..
An R.N.A.S. Seafire Aeroplane
JULY 12TH. - BLACKPOOL, LANCASHIRE.
An R.N.A.S. Seafire aeroplane had crashed in the sea near the shore, but only wreckage was found. - Rewards, £5 13s.
Later the life-boat tractor helped to recover...
A German Submarine
DECEMBER 18TH. - PENLEE, CORNWALL.
A German submarine had struck the Wolf Rock and sunk. Naval vessels also sent to the rescue and picked up a number of survivors. but none was rescued by the lifeboat.
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Snowdon Range
The steam- ship Snowdon Range, of Sunderland, which passed through and survived such a succession of misfortunes in mid- Atlantic, came very near to being wrecked when being towed into harbour on the 14th January. The disabled steamer was...
The French Barque Duc d' Aumale
On the 17th July, during a moderate N.N.W. gale and rough sea, information was received that a barque was ashore on the Kentish Knock Sands, with a flag signal flying, which could not be distinguished on account of the rain. The No. 2 Life-...
The S.S. Glenpark
Shortly after noon on the 18th April the Coastguard reported that a vessel was in distress on the Holm Sands. The weather was fine at the time, with a light S.W. breeze blowing and a smooth sea, but, as it was feared that she would not be...
The Gaff-rigged Cutter Twilight
MAN TAKEN OFF SINKING CUTTER Dungeness, Kent. At 6.40 on the evening of the 14th June, 1962, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the gaff-rigged cutter Twilight was ashore one to two miles west of Dengemarsh look-out, but...
The Institution Mourns
A GREAT loss has, within the last few weeks, fallen on the ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION, and the Life-boat Cause has been deprived of a strong supporter and constant friend by the death of ALGERNON GEORGE PERCY, Sixth Duke of...
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Bronze for Lochinver coxswain
Remember our rescue story in Spring 2015, reporting how Lochinver and Thurso crews aided a fish carrier during a 13-hour rescue in a gale? Now the Lochinver Coxswain, David MacAskill (above right), is to be awarded an RNLI Bronze Medal for...
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