LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Strathalford
APRIL 3 0 T H . - WICK, CAITHNESSSHIRE.
At 12.10 A.M. information was received that a vessel was in distress on the North side of Wick Bay. A fresh S.E. breeze was blowing, with a heavy sea. The motor life-boat City of...
An Aeroplane (121)
SEPTEMBER 30TH. - SELSEY, SUSSEX.
At 4.19 P.M. the coastguard telephoned that an aeroplane - probably German - was down in the sea to the S.W. of Selsey Bill. A N.E.
breeze was blowing, with a choppy sea....
A U.S.A. Liberator Aeroplane
DECEMBER 30TH. - EASTBOURNE, AND HASTINGS, SUSSEX. At about four o’clock in the afternoon the coastguard informed the Eastbourne life-boat station that a U.S.A.
Liberator aeroplane had come down in the sea off Pevensey Bay....
A U.S.A. Liberator Aeroplane (1)
DECEMBER 30TH. - EASTBOURNE, AND HASTINGS, SUSSEX. At about four o’clock in the afternoon the coastguard informed the Eastbourne life-boat station that a U.S.A.
Liberator aeroplane had come down in the sea off Pevensey Bay....
Stay safe this summer
On the beach is a new safety guide created by the RNLI in partnership with the Eden Project. The guide aims to help beach users stay safe while having fun and covering everything from the meanings of safety flags to the treatment of...
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A Vessel (11)
DECEMBER 24TH. - PADSTOW, CORNWALL, AND APPLEDORE, DEVON.
During the afternoon information was received from the coastguard that a vessel appeared to be in difficulties about five miles west-north-west of Hartland Point. A...
Summity and Gronland
JULY 25TH. - DOVER, KENT. A 3.10 P.M. the Sandgate coastguard reported that a vessel which had been attacked by German aeroplanes was sinking off Sandgate, but said that naval motor boats were going to her help. At 3.30 P.M. it was reported...
Welcome
Not a dry eye in the boathouse
Lifeboats mean a lot to our volunteers. In this issue we join the emotional Wicklow crew, saying farewell to the last Tyne class lifeboat in the fleet (page 18). It’s time for the much-loved...
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Two Golden Weddings of Life-Boatmen at Montrose
Two Life-boatmen of Montrose celebrated their golden weddings at the end of last year, Mr. David Anderson and Mr. George Pert. Both served for many years in the Montrose Life-boats, and are now pensioners of the Institution. Mr.
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Prospecto
Bridlington, Yorkshire. — At about 1.40 P.M. on the 23rd December, 1938, a motor fishing vessel was seen making heavy weather south of Bridlington.
A strong, squally, east breeze was blowing, with a rough sea. The vessel...