LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Woman in Water
The crew of Peterhead’s Tamar class lifeboat.
The Misses Robertson of Kintail, are pictured recovering a woman from the water into the Tamar’s inflatable daughter boat on 20 August.
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JUNE 30TH. - BLACKPOOL, LANCASHIRE.
A pilot was thought to have baled out from an aeroplane, but a target had broken away from her, and been mistaken for a man. - Rewards, £5 0S. 6d..
An Aeroplane (33)
NOVEMBER 13TH. - BUCKIE, BANFFSHIRE.
An aeroplane had crashed in the sea. An air-sea rescue launch picked up one body, but the life-boat found nothing.- Rewards, £15 12s. (See Nairn, “Services by Shore-boats,” 1946,...
A Whaler
FEBRUARY 23RD. - TORBAY, DEVON.
A whaler from a naval corvette had been reported missing. She was found waterlogged, but there was no trace of her crew of four. - Rewards, £10 11s. 6d..
The American Steamer Andrew Furuseth
MAY 1 S T. - THE HUMBER, YORKSHIRE.
The American steamer Andrew Furuseth, had been damaged in a collision, but did not need the help of a life-boat. - Paid permanent crew..
A Fishing Boat (10)
MAY 28TH. - AMBLE, NORTHUMBERLAND.
A vessel had been reported on fire, but was found to be a fishing boat on which the crew had lighted a brazier and this had blazed up. - Rewards, £10..
Fifty Medals for Gallantry (11)
On the 2nd December, 1939, the Great Yarmouth and Gorleston life-boat rescued the crew of ten of the steam trawler Resolvo, of Grimsby, on Admiralty Service.
COXSWAIN CHARLES A. JOHNSON was awarded a second clasp to his...
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A Steam Trawler (1)
FEBRUARY 20TH. - CROMER, NORFOLK.
A steam trawler had been attacked by enemy aircraft several miles off the Cromer Knoll Lightship, but she beat them off and reached port without help. - Rewards, £41 9s. 6d.
A Collier
FEBRUARY 2ND. - SUNDERLAND, DURHAM. A collier had been driven ashore north of Roker Pier, when trying to enter the Port of Sunderland, but the crew of thirteen were able to land in their own boats.
- Rewards, £23...
Japan
A LIFE-BOAT service much on the same lines as our own is now being established in this wonderful country under the patronage of one of the Royal Princes.
For this purpose information has been sought from and gladly...
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