LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
An Aeroplane (20)
SEPT. 18TH. - SENNEN COVE, CORNWALL.
An aeroplane had been reported down in the sea, but the life-boat was recalled by the coastguard as her services were not needed. - Rewards, £12 5s..
A Vessel (9)
Nov. 18TH. - ALDEBURGH, SUFFOLK.
A message had been received from the coastguard that a vessel was sinking as a result of enemy action, but the life-boat arrived to find that the crew had already been picked up by a...
Santa Gata and Norwegian Tanker Realf (1)
DEC. 1ST. - CROMER, NORFOLK, AND THE HUMBER, YORKSHIRE. Shortly after 7 P.M. a message was received from the coastguard that a vessel standing by two and a half miles north of the life-boat station wished to land a rescued crew. A westerly...
A Vessel (12)
DEC. 1ST. - ALDEBURGH, SUFFOLK.
The life-boat had put out at the request of the naval authorities to see if a vessel at anchor about five miles off was in distress, but her help was not needed. - Rewards, £33 11s....
Tamars Safely Home
The first of the RNLI's newTamar class all weather lifeboats to be placed on operational service have safely arrived at Tenby, Pembrokeshire (below), and Peterhead, Grampian, and the third is completing her trials for service at... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
A Boat from H.M.S. Pomerol
APRIL 1 ST. - TORBAY, DEVON. At 11.53 P.M. on 31st March, a message was received from the resident naval officer at Brixham that a boat from H.M.S. Pomerol with men on board was adrift outside the harbour. A fresh S.S.E. gale was blowing,...
A Fishing Boat
JANUARY 15TH. - WICK, CAITHNESSSHIRE.
A fishing boat had been reportedin distress, with a trawler standing by, but the life-boat arrived to find the trawler gone and no one on board the fishing boat. It was learned later...
None (4)
FEBRUARY 5 T H . - FRASERBURGH, ABERDEENSHIRE. The life-boat took a doctor to Aberdour. This service was the last of several unusual services carried out by the life-boat over a period of several days.
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A Motor Boat (2)
DECEMBER 29TH. - TORBAY, DEVON. A motor boat had been seen drifting, but the life-boat was recalled, and the steamer which had first reported it said later that there was no sign of life on the drifting boat. - Rewards, £4 2s..
Pride of Lambay, of Dublin
JUNE 2ND. - ARKLOW, CO. WICKLOW.
Just before midnight on the 1st of June information was received that a boat had disappeared. The fishing boat Pride of Lambay, of Dublin, had towed a boat to Arklow and had been left tied...