LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

For all those birthdays and other special events in your 2011 diary, why not send an RNLI ecard?

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AUGUST 23RD. - SWANAGE, DORSET.

A German aeroplane had been reported down in the sea and two men were said to have baled out from it, but nothing could be found of them. - Rewards, £6 12s..

(above) Rother: Length overall 37ft 6in; beam I l f t 6 i n ; draught 3ft 6in; displacement 13 tons: maximum speed, 8 knots; range at full speed, 150 nautical miles. The Rother, introduced in 1973, is a development of the 37ft Oakley and she... - View image in PDF

JAN. 16TH. - PETERHEAD, ABERDEENSHIRE.

A trawler had run ashore on the Scaurs of Cruden, but she was refloated and taken in tow for Aberdeen by another trawler.

Unfortunately she had been damaged and on...

[The following letter, which was published in Yaching Monthly, is reproduced by courtesy of the editor.] SIR, During a recent talk given to our members by a representative of the R.N.L.I., it appeared that, in our district at any rate, the...

On the closing of the Blackrock life-boat station the following awards were made : DANIEL SMITH, 1 year coxswain and 10J years second coxswain, a coxswain's certifi- cate of service, and a pension.

JAMES STANLEY, 1 year...

At 8 A.M. on the 21st May a whole N.W. gale sprang up, bringing with it a heavy sea. The whole of the local fishing fleet were at sea, and one boat—the Thistle—with a crew of four, shipped a sea which stopped her engine and rendered her...

Shortly before this issue went to press Hartlepool's Waveney Class lifeboat The Scout capsized twice while on service to the 97,000 ton tanker Freja Svea which was dragging her anchor and eventually went aground in Severe Gale Force...