LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Three Royal Air Force Aeroplanes (1)
AUG. 8TH. - ALDEBURGH, SUFFOLK, AND WALTON AND FRINTON, ESSEX.
A message had been received from the Colchester Air Observers’ Post, through the coastguard, that three Royal Air Force aeroplanes had crashed into the sea,...
Struggling in a rip
BROADSTAIRS | 6 SEPTEMBER
Four girls were rescued at a busy Kent beach after they were spotted struggling against a rip current. RN Ll Lifeguard Alex Baxter was patrolling the water's edge at Broadstairs, when he...
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An Aeroplane (18)
MAY 26TH. - LYTHAM-ST. ANNE’S, LANCASHIRE. An aeroplane crashed into the sea, but no survivors were found. - Rewards, £6 7s. 6d..
SPECIAL DELIVERY
Last issue’s Father of Forecast piece charting the life of Robert FitzRoy certainly caught the imagination – here are just some of the many letters and emails we received …
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An Aeroplane (73)
SEPTEMBER 24TH. - ILFRACOMBE, DEVON. An aeroplane had been reported down in the sea, but nothing was found.- Rewards, £21 7s. 6d.
A Vessel (11)
MARCH 12TH. - ARBROATH, MONTROSE, ANGUS, AND ABERDEEN. On the afternoon of the 12th information was received at Arbroath and Montrose that an unknown vessel was in distress about twenty miles eastward of Arbroath.. A later message reported...
A Vessel (10)
MARCH 12TH. - ARBROATH, MONTROSE, ANGUS, AND ABERDEEN. On the afternoon of the 12th information was received at Arbroath and Montrose that an unknown vessel was in distress about twenty miles eastward of Arbroath.. A later message reported...
A Vessel (9)
OCTOBER 11TH. - THE HUMBER, YORKSHIRE. A vessel had run ashore, but refloated. - Paid permanent crew.
48 Hours of Gale
66 Launches, 7 lives rescued, 21 vessels savedSEPTEMBER WAS USHERED IN by a Week of very high winds rising to gale and storm force—a week when there were many calls on the lifeboat service all round our coasts. Reports of boats in trouble...
Category: Services
Awards to Honorary Workers
The Thanks of the Institution on Vellum.
The THANKS OF THE INSTITUTION INSCRIBED ON VELLUM has been awarded to :— The Reverend WALTER BARBICK HALL, on his retirement after 10 years as honorary secretary of the Hauxley and...
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