LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Trawler (1)
SEPTEMBER 20TH. - ARRANMORE, CO.
DONEGAL. A trawler had been reported in distress twenty-five miles north-west of Tory Island, but nothing could be found.- Rewards, £15 8s. 6d..
A Fishing Boat (4)
SEPTEMBER 3RD. - PEEL, ISLE OF MAN.
A fishing boat had been disabled by nets fouling her propeller, but another fishing boat towed her into harbour. - Rewards, £8 7s. 6d..
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AUGUST 11TH. - RAMSGATE, KENT.
Flares had been reported, but they were found to be a searchlight being used by a motor cruiser. - Rewards, £10 14s..
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Great Yarmouth and Gorleston, Norfolk.
—4th October. Flares had been reported, but they were probably bright lights on a trawler, as nothing could be found.—Rewards, £28 10*..
A Rubber Dinghy
MAY 3RD. - SELSEY, SUSSEX. Two boys in a rubber dinghy were missing, but they were picked up by an air-sea rescue launch. - Rewards, £17 8s..
Four and a Half Years of War.
In four and a half years of war our life-boatmen have rescued 5536 lives, and have won 200 medals for gallantry. They have rescued twenty-four lives every week since war began..
Category: Articles
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SEPTEMBER 15TH. - KILLYBEGS, CO. DONEGAL. Flares had been reported, but they came from destroyers engaged in a search for an aeroplane which had crashed.- Rewards, £8 15s..
George Hewitt, Rescue Wooden Boats
‘ She was always very lucky: it’s amazing she survived.’
George Hewitt, Rescue Wooden Boats - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
A Sailing Boat
Weston-super-Mare, Somerset. — 27th July, 1938. A fishing party in a sailing boat had been caught in a storm, but they were taken in tow by a motor boat.—Rewards, £8 4s..
Mallaig Crew Aboard Their New Severn Class Lifeboat Henry Alston Hewitt.
Mallaig crew aboard their new Severn class lifeboat Henry Alston Hewitt. - View image in PDF
which they received shortly after this service, with divisional inspector John Caldwell.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs