LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Salvage Steamer
OCTOBER 6TH. - PETERHEAD, ABERDEENSHIRE.
A salvage steamer bringing scrap iron from a wreck had struck some rocks during. a fog and had sunk, but her crew were picked up from their small boat by an Aberdeen trawler. -...
An Aeroplane (167)
NOVEMBER 2ND. - MINEHEAD, SOMERSET.
An aeroplane was reported to have crashed into the sea. With the help of soldiers the life-boat was launched, but shefound nothing, and articles subsequently washed ashore proved the...
A Raft
JANUARY 20TH. - DONAGHADEE, CO.
DOWN. A raft with two men on board had been reported missing after a motor vessel had been sunk in collision, but nothing was found. - Rewards, £6 17s..
A Fishing Boat (1)
MARCH 14TH. - FENIT, CO. KERRY.
A fishing boat had been reported in difficulties off Smerwick Harbour, but the lifeboat found her abandoned. Her crew had got ashore. - Rewards, £20 9s..
An Anson Aeroplane
FEBRUARY 2ND. - PORTPATRICK, WIGTOWNSHIRE.
An Anson aeroplane had been reported to have crashed in the sea, but the life-boat was recalled by the naval authorities. - Rewards, £5 16s. 6d..
A Motor Vessel (1)
DECEMBER 13TH. - PORTPATRICK, WIGTOWNSHIRE. An SOS had been received from a motor vessel on fire off Corsewall Point, but the fire was got under control, the injured members of the crew were taken off by a motor launch, and tugs arrived to...
A Naval Motor Boat
DECEMBER 16TH. - PLYMOUTH, DEVON.
A naval motor boat had foundered while going ashore from minesweeper H.M.S. Tenby in a gale, but the life-boat, which made a long search, found nothing. Of the eight men in the boat, seven...
Padstow
PADSTOW, CORNWALL On the 12th August, 1946, the Padstow life-boat rescued the crew of ten of the S.S. Kedah of Singapore.
COXSWAIN JOHN T. MURT was awarded the silver medal..
Category: Medals
Summer giving
Last Summer, we appealed to RNLI supporters to make a donation to help support our volunteer crews.
A big thank you to everyone who contributed to our Summer appeal, which raised a total of £1,209,077. Your support is...
Category: Articles
A Year of Peace
In the twelve months from the end of the war in Europe on May 8th.
1945, life-boats rescued 677 lives. That is an average of 5 lives a month and is only 50 lives less than were rescued during the last twelve months of the...
Category: Articles