LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Left: RNLI Senior Driver George Dadds
Left: RNLI senior driver George Dadds makes loading an Atlantic 21 look far too easy as he slips it on to the bed of his Mercedes. The truck is used mainly for long-haul work to Scotland and Ireland.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Farewell to An Old Friend
It can sometimes be forgotten that the excitement of having a new lifeboat on station is often tinged with real sadness at losing an old friend - a lifeboat which has see the crew through thick and thin and whose every nut, bolt and foible... - View image in PDF
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Britannia Rescue
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A Sailing Boat (3)
MAY 30TH. - SHOREHAM HARBOUR, AND WORTHING, SUSSEX. During the afternoon a sailing boat, with a crew of two, father and son, capsized about two miles off Goring. A moderate N.E. breeze was blowing, with a moderate sea.
At...
A Boat (5)
JULY 23RD. - WESTON-SUPER-MARE, SOMERSET. News had been received that an up-turned boat could be seen on Stert Flats, apparently drifting out to sea, with two people clinging to her. The boat, however, grounded on a mud bank and the two men...
An Aeroplane (35)
NOV. 25TH. - SHOREHAM HARBOUR, SUSSEX. An aeroplane had come down in the sea eleven miles south by east of Shoreham.
The life-boat arrived to find several seaplanes also searching, but nothing was found. - Rewards, £6...
An Aeroplane (2)
JANUARY 10TH. - BARMOUTH, MERIONETHSHIRE.
A British aircraft had crashed into the sea, but no survivors were found and an attempt to tow the aeroplane into shallow water failed. - Rewards, £17 5s..
A Motor Vessel (1)
FEBRUARY 5TH. - PORTPATRICK, WIGTOWNSHIRE.
A motor vessel’s engine had broken down, but the vessel got into the shelter of a headland and did not need help.
- Rewards, £21 2s. 6d..
A Ship (2)
MARCH 8 T H . - FISHGUARD, PEMBROKESHIRE.
It had been reported that the crew of a bombed ship were taking to their boats, but the life-boat found nothing except an empty ship’s boat. - Rewards, £19 13s..
An Aeroplane (56)
APRIL 11TH. - DUNBAR, EAST LOTHIAN.
A British aeroplane had come down in the sea, but a destroyer rescued the pilot.
- Rewards, £4 7s. 6d..