LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A British Aeroplane (1)
APRIL 26TH. - ABERYSTWYTH, CARDIGANSHIRE.
A British aeroplane had been reported down in the sea, but nothing was found. - Rewards, £19 3s. 3d..
A Bombing Aeroplane
MAY 12TH. - ALDEBURGH, SUFFOLK.
A bombing aeroplane had crashed in the sea, but only wreckage was found. - Rewards, £41 6s..
A Lancaster Aeroplane (2)
MARCH 22ND. - SKEGNESS, LINCOLNSHIRE.
A Lancaster aeroplane had crashed in the sea off Hunstanton, but nothing was found. - Rewards, £23 18s..
None (58)
DECEMBER 17TH. - WALMER, KENT.
Flares had been reported, but nothing could be found. - Rewards, £23 12s. 6d..
A Motor Boat (8)
NOVEMBER 1ST. - PORT ASKAIG, HEBRIDES.
A motor boat had been reported overdue, but, she reached Port Ellen without help. - Rewards, £14 18s. 6d..
The Royal Naval Walrus Aeroplane W3097
OCTOBER 31ST. - RHYL, FLINTSHIRE.
The Royal Naval Walrus aeroplane W3097 had come down on the sea, but she taxied ashore without help. - Rewards, £15 7s..
A British Wellington Bombing Aeroplane
AUGUST 26TH. - BARMOUTH, MERIONETHSHIRE, AND PWLLHELI, CAERNARVONSHIRE.
A British Wellington bombing aeroplane had come down in the sea, but an R.A.F. launch rescued her seven men from a rubber dinghy. - Rewards : Barmouth,...
Head Launcher? Robin Sharp
Head launcher? Robin Sharp, area organiser, east, presents a plaque to Nigel Smart, the headmaster of Henley County Primary School, Ipswich, who is suitably attired after his 90 pupils aged between 4'/2 and II raised £388.10 in a... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
A Steamer
23rd January.
A steamer had stranded, but floated off without any help.—Rewards, £28 8s..
Royal Connections
RNLI crew members and fundraisers were among the guests at the Buckingham Palace garden party on 14 July. Rhyl Coxswain Peter Robinson (pictured meeting HM The Queen) says: ‘It was an honour for my wife and myself to attend and we thoroughly...
Category: Articles