LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Imbrin
Cromer, Norfolk.—8th January, 1939.
The steam trawler Imbrin, of La Rochelle, had stranded on the Haisborough Sands, but got off without help.—Rewards, £29 6s. 6d..
A Small Boat (1)
Aberdeen.—22nd January, 1939. A small boat had been reported capsized at the mouth of the River Don, but nothing could be found.—Rewards, £6 17s. 6d..
An Aeroplane (2)
Southend-on-Sea, Essex.—26th February, 1939. An aeroplane had come down in the sea, but the pilot was saved by a motor boat.—Rewards, £10 Is. 6d..
An Aeroplane (3)
Wick, Caithness-shire.—28th Octo- ber, 1939. An aeroplane had come down in the sea, but the crew of two had been picked up by a trawler.—• Rewards, £9 19s. 6d..
A Barge
7th December. A barge stranded at Bacton. Three of the crew were rescued by lines from the shore, and one was drowned.—Rewards, £24 8s. Qd..
Fishing Boats (1)
On the morning of the 26th March these two Life-boats were~ again engaged on similar service, fourteen fishing-boats being in danger off Gourdon, and four off Johnshaven..
Jamaica
Lowestoft, Suffolk - At 12.38 p.m.
on 20th December, 1968, the coastguard reported that a sick man aboard the trawler Jamaica required medical attention. The life-boat Frederick Edward Crick, with a doctor on board, slipped...
Press Award
It has been decided that in future reports of inshore rescue boat services also qualify for the Institution's annual press award for the best newspaper report of a life-boat service..
Category: Awards
Port Talbot
It is regretted that a gift made to the Port Talbot branch of £700 was inadvertently left out of the Supplement to Year Book 1967 listing branch collections for 1966..
Category: Branches
But Before Melfort's
. . . But before Melfort's other three crew members could be rescued in the same way the yacht, pounding on rocks, began to break up and founder.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs