LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
An Aeroplane (53)
JUNE 6TH. - ALDEBURGH, SUFFOLK.
Signals of distress had been reported 10 miles away, but the life-boat was recalled, as a destroyer had picked up the crew of an aeroplane. - Rewards, £18 10s..
A Year's Halfpennies and Two Years' Farthings
FOR the fifth year running the Institution has received a gift of a year's collection of halfpennies. It numbered 494, or £1 Os. 7d.
A gift of 500 farthings, or 10s. 5d., which took two years to collect, has been...
Category: Donations
A Liberator Aeroplane
MARCH 4TH. - CROMER, NORFOLK. A Liberator aeroplane had crashed in the sea, but only wreckage was seen by the life-boat.
Two airmen were picked up by a motorboat.- Rewards, £9 1s.
A Fishing Vessel
NOVEMBER 21ST. - ABERYSTWYTH, CARDIGANSHIRE. A fishing vessel had been reported in distress, and sank, but hercrew landed in their own boat. Men of the R.A.F. and R.A. helped in getting the lifeboat launched and re-housed. - Rewards,...
Two R.A.F. Aeroplanes
JULY 1 3TH. - GOURDON, KINCARDINESHIRE.
Two R.A.F. aeroplanes had collided while on patrol and had crashed into the sea, but the life-boat, with two R.A.F. officers onboard, could find nothing. - Rewards, £10...
From a Life-Boat Collector
The following letter has been received from a lady who for over fourteen years has been a collector for one of the Institution's branches:—• "I wish to assure you that all my efforts on behalf of your great caus have been well...
Category: Correspondence
Fbm Marine Limited
Tough, Rel able, When rescue services are called out in extremely rough weather conditions, confidence is assured when supported by a lifeboat that's tough & reliable. FBM have been building tough and reliable boats for many years....
Category: Advertisement
Carmarthen Boat Club
Members of Carmarthen Boat Club present a £400 cheque to Mrs Gwynne Rees, vice-chairman of Carmarthen and Ferryside ladies' guild, following a sponsored parachute jump by 13 club members. George Jones, who broke a leg in the jump,... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Exeter Healthcare
That's right - with Exeter Healthcare your private medical insurance premiums do not increase simply because you get older. The age you join is the age you stay*- This alone could save you thousands of pounds in the years ahead.
Category: Advertisement
TOWN & COUNTRY
Although a Town & Country driveway is beautiful to look at, its beauty is more than skin deep.
Beneath the surface is a unique (ibre reinforcement that helps prevent sinking and spreading.
Its surface,...
Category: Advertisement