LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Sharp End
Launching a D class from an open beach can be a very wet business -this is Withernsea's inflatable on the wrong end of a dumping breaker. And this is just the beginning of a lifeboat service…. - View image in PDF
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Ciaran Doyle
Bronze Medal Ciaran Doyle of the Garcia Underwater Unit for the long and ardous service m which three casualties were rescued from a cave off Horse Island, near Ballyglass in severe conditions - see this issue of The Lifeboat for a full... - View image in PDF
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(Left) Mtu 7, the Largest and Newest of the RNLI's Mobile Training Units
(toft) MTU 7, the largest and newest of the RNLI's mobile training units ready for action outside Rhyl lifeboat station, (above)... while on the other side of the Irish Sea the crew of CourtmacsherTY lifeboat complete a chartwork... - View image in PDF
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A Landing Craft (1)
AUGUST 29TH. - ABERYSTWYTH, CARDIGANSHIRE, AND PORTHDINLLAEN, CAERNARVONSHIRE. A landing craft had been reported in difficulties with her engine broken down, but she anchored, and the life-boats were not needed. - Rewards : Aberystwyth,...
An Aeroplane (97)
JUNE 23RD. - SHOREHAM HARBOUR, SUSSEX. An R.A.F. aeroplane had come down in the sea and her pilot had baled out, but he was picked up by a boat which had put out from the shore. - Rewards, £11 10s..
A Vessel (4)
JANUARY 21ST. - PORT ERIN, ISLE OF MAN. An unknown vessel had been reported ashore, but the life-boat was recalled by the coastguard as the position of the vessel had been wrongly given. - Rewards, £13 5s. 6d..
A Steamer (30)
MAY 28TH. - BARRY DOCK, GLAMORGANSHIRE ; ILFRACOMBE, DEVON ; LYNMOUTH, DEVON ; AND MINEHEAD, SOMERSET. A large steamer had caught fire and had sunk after an explosion, but the crew were rescued by patrol vessels. - Rewards : Barry Dock,...
A Steamer (39)
OC T O B E R 3 1 S T . - BARRA ISLAND, HEBRIDES. A steamer had been in distress off the coast of Tiree, but she was taken in tow by a naval vessel. - Rewards, £20 9s..
A Small Boat
MARCH 31ST. - MARGATE, KENT. A boy in a small boat had drifted out to sea. but he was picked up by a fishing boat from Whitstable. - Rewards. £16 17s. 6d. (See Whitstable “Services by Shore-boats,” page 57.).
An Aeroplane (5)
JULY 3RD. - BEAUMARIS, AND HOLYHEAD, ANGLESEY. A wrecked aeroplane had been reported in the sea about twenty miles north of the Skerries, but nothing could be found. - Rewards : Beaumaris, £11 11s. 9d. ; Holyhead, £6 5s..