LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
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...
A Child's Help
THE Bexhill-on-Sea Branch organized recently a Life-boat Sale. As a result the following letter came from a little girl :— " I have made a very nice little doll's bed and bought a little doll and made clothes for it. The doll...
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Galway Bay - At noon on ist January, 1967, a young girl was reported to be suffering from appendicitis and was in need of hospital treatment. As no other suitable boat was available the life-boat Mabel Marion Thompson slipped her moorings at...
Scarborough's D Class Inflatable
Scarborough's D class inflatable was called on to land an injured seaman from a Dutch trawler on 10 August 1988.
Although winds were only light a thick fog reduced visibility to only 100 yards during the operation,... - View image in PDF
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Tubbie Raffle
Soft toy replicas of TV's lovable Teletubbies have been quickly selling out in shops everywhere.
Ronald Benzie, owner of Exmouth store Thomas Tucker's, decided to keep two back to raffle for lifeboat funds and... - View image in PDF
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Today's Lifeboatmen
Facts and Figures Provisional statistics as at 24 May 1995 show that so far during 1995: The RNLI's lifeboats were launched 1,004 times (an average of more than 7 launches a day) 274 lives were saved (an average of 2 a day) Some 11% of...
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DECEMBER 25TH. - GALWAY BAY. A British soldier coming to his wife in Aran on short leave from Italy arrived at Casla, Connemara, on Christmas Eve, but was unable to find any boat in Connemara to take him to Aran or in Aran to come and fetch...
Bronze Medal Award
The Lifeboat is pleased to announce the award of an RNLI Bronze Medal for Gallantry to the Coxswain of Dunbar lifeboat, 38-year-old Gary Fairbairn.
Gary and his crew endured a 42-mile passage in severe gale force 9 winds...
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