LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
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FEBRUARY 5TH. - CLACTON - ON - SEA, ESSEX. The crew of an American aeroplane had baled out, but none of them could be found. It was learned later that they were safe. - Rewards, £11 17s..
A Vessel (1)
JANUARY 19TH. - PORTASKAIG, ARGYLLSHIRE. An SOS had been intercepted from a vessel ashore on Islay, but her crew had landed in the ship’s boat. - Rewards, £21 9s. 6d.
A Steamer (2)
Great Yarmouth and Gorleston, Norfolk.
—14th December. A steamer had been in collision with the Newarp light-vessel, but she did not need help.
In response to flares the life-boat then went to Horsey Gap,...
Contest, of Guernsey
The Manky Wood life-boat at Poole rescued the crew of 10 men and 36 labourers from the brig Contest, of Guernsey, which was wrecked on the Hook Sand at the entrance of Poole Harbour ......
New Cornish Life-Boat Station
THE Hon. Mrs. V. M. Wyndham-Quin, wife of the deputy chairman of the Committee of Management of the Institution, laid the foundation stone of the boathouse at the new life-boat station being built at Kilcobben Cove in Cornwall on the 23rd...
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Orientan of Lancaster
On the 26th October, 1859, the schooner Orientdtt, of Lancaster, having lost her sails, was driven ashore near Rhyl. The tubular life-boat stationed at that place was quickly launched, and, through a terrific sea, took off the crew of 6...
Moss Rose
ENGINE FAILURE Ramsgate, Kent. At 12.34 a-m- on 2Oth March, 1965, the East Pier watchman informed the honorary secretary that a small boat, with an outboard motor, was in difficulties because of an engine failure and drifting seawards half a...
The S.S. Bencmachan
DOCTOR TAKEN OUT TO STEAMER Humber, Yorkshire. At ten o'clock on the morning of the 18th January, 1962, the coastguard informed the coxswain superintendent that the s.s.
Bencmachan of Leith was making for Spurn with an...
A Motor Boat
21 st August. A motor boat capsized. Five of the six occupants were rescued by boats from the shore.—Rewards, £6 3s. &d..
By Courtesy of Francois Martin and League of Red Cross Societies (1)
by courtesy of Francois Martin and League of Red Cross Societies. - View image in PDF
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