LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
An Aeroplane (67)
APRIL 29TH. - PORTHDINLLAEN, CAERNARVONSHIRE. A British Sunderland aeroplane had been reported down in the sea, but nothing could be found.- Rewards, £10 14s.
(See Bardsey Island, “ Services by Shoreboats,” page...
A Drifter
OCT. 26TH. - RAMSEY, ISLE OF MAN.
A drifter had been reported as flying distress signals, but she got in to the shelter of Douglas Bay unaided. The life-boat was out for nearly five hours in a gale with a heavy sea. -...
Wave, of Boston
On the 28th March, the same valuable life-boat put off and saved the schooner Wave, of Boston, and her crew of 4 men.
The vessel had stranded on the south part of the Inner Barber Sand, during a strong N.N.E....
Laurel, of Goole
On the llth Janu- ary the schooner Laurel, of Goole, came on shore, during a strong wind and heavy sea.
The Parsee life-boat, which was immediately launched, succeeded in saving the crew of 3 ...
Irish School's Gift of £50
The Headmistress of the Collegiate School, Celbridge, Co. Kildare, held a Christmas Day collection in the school for the Life-boats, and, as a result, no less a sum than £50 was subscribed.
This is one of the most...
Category: Donations
A Small Boat (3)
Anglesey.—27th July.
Searched unsuccessfully for a small boat the only occupant of which, Captain Owen Jones, a Gold Medallist of the Institution, was drowned. (See Obi- tuary, page 604.)—Rewards, £5 5s. 6d..
Two Steamers
16th June.
Two steamers had been in collision in a thick fog off Trevose Head, but the life-boat could not find them. She came across another steamer, which got into touch with one of the steamers by wireless, and learnt...
"There Was No Panic Among the Passengers."
On board the ketch Mystery, of Glasgow, which was towed to safety by the Weston-super-Mare motor life-boat on 9th December, 1937, with a man, his wife and baby on board. - View image in PDF
(See opposite page.). - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
A Steamer (2)
Great Yarmouth and Gorleston, Norfolk.
—5th December, 1937. A steamer had run aground on the Scroby Sand, but floated off and did not need help.— Rewards, £27 Is. 6d..
None (15)
The Humber, Yorkshire, and Skegness, Lincolnshire. — 31st December, 1937.
Flares had been seen from the Inner Dowsing Light-vessel, but a search revealed no sign of any vessel in need of help.—Rewards : The Humber,...