LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Steamer (15)
DECEMBER 23RD. - PORTHDINLLAEN, CAERNARVONSHIRE. Survivors of a steamer which had been mined reported that other survivors were adrift, but they gave the wrong position, so the life-boat found nothing, and another vessel rescued them.-...
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APRIL 7TH. - FOWEY, CORNWALL.
Two R.A.F. men had been reported stranded on Chough Rock, near Looe, but the life-boat was recalled as the men had been saved.- Rewards, £4 7s. 6d..
A Lighting Aeroplane
MAY 3RD. - CLACTON - ON - SEA, ESSEX.
A Lightning aeroplane had burst into flames and crashed in the sea, but only oil on the water was found. - Rewards, £5 0s. 9d..
A Convoy and a Corvette
NOVEMBER 8TH. - PEEL, ISLE OF MAN.
At 8.45 at night the coastguard reported a red flare, and a few minutes later the position was given as north-west-by-west, ten miles from Peel. A very strong north-west wind was blowing,...
From a Prisoner of War
A lieutenant of the R.N.V.R. "just returned safely" after nine years overseas, two in Hoag Kong, three in Shanghai, and four in a prisoners' of war camp, has sent the Institution £5, and become an annual...
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Spare us a share?
Thank you to everyone who donated shares to the RNLI in 2009 – your generosity helped raise over £63,000.
Looking ahead to a new financial year, the RNLI would be delighted to accept donations of shares, no matter...
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A Steamer (2)
FEBRUARY 22ND. - SELSEY, SUSSEX.
A steamer had gone aground, but she was not found and was apparently towed away before the arrival of the life-boat. - Rewards, £13 11s. 6d..
Dear Reader
For 190 years the RNLI has faced the challenge of being ready for anything – whether it’s one person who needs our help, 30, or even 85 – as you will read in this magazine’s remarkable rescue stories.
To be ready for...
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Two Steamers
FEBRUARY 7TH. - DUNBAR, EAST LOTHIAN. Two steamers had been reported in collision in the Firth of Forth, but nothing was found. Later it was learned that one steamer had been damaged and been brought into port by tugs, and that the other had...
An Aeroplane (8)
FEBRUARY 3RD. - LYTHAM - ST. ANNES, LANCASHIRE. A British aeroplane had been reported down, but later it was found that no aircraft was missing and the life-boat was recalled. A letter of thanks was received from the R.A.F. Station. -...