LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Canoes, Yachts and Rafts
D class lifeboat rescues 36 people from canoes, yacht and raftsCleethorpes' D class inflatable liferaft was involved in three services on one day on 30 July 1989, rescuing no less than 36 people. The first service started as the crew...
A Trawler (14)
DEC. 5TH. - AITH, SHETLANDS. A trawler had been reported on fire, but got help from other trawlers. - Rewards, £6 17s. 6d..
A Steamer (14)
DEC. 11TH. - CROMER, NORFOLK. A steamer had stranded on the Haisborough Sands, but got off and went on her way.- Rewards, £33, and £19 5s..
An Aeroplane (14)
JULY 28TH . - FLEETWOOD, LANCASHIRE.
An aeroplane which had on board the Air Minister, Sir Kingsley Wood, making for Belfast, was reported as missing.
She had last been seen out at sea three miles S.S.E....
An Aeroplane (14)
FEBRUARY 12TH. - SCARBOROUGH, YORKSHIRE. A British aeroplane had been reported down in the sea, but nothing could be found. - Rewards, £25 15s. 3d.
A Fishing Boat (14)
SEPTEMBER 19TH. - GIRVAN, AYRSHIRE.
A fishing boat had run aground on a rocky shore and been wrecked, but her crew of two scrambled ashore. - Rewards, £6 19s. 9d.
A Steamer (21)
JULY 4TH . - WHITBY, YORKSHIRE.
A steamer had been bombed and sunk, four of her crew being killed, but the seven survivors, three badly wounded, were picked up by a patrol boat. - Rewards, £5 18s..
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Slip sparks searchA summer holiday in Cornwall turned int by Fox Cove, near Newquay, on 9 August 2( unconscious into the water when a couple from Essex. They were walking le man slipped on rocks and was knockedInstinctively, the woman jumped...
A Treasure Ship In All Her Pride
The schooner Lamorna ready to sail for the South China Seas in search of Captain Kidd's treasure. - View image in PDF
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Cullercoats: KATHY IS PRIDE OF BRITAIN
In October, RNLI volunteer fundraiser Kathy Blackman was named the ITV Tyne Tees Regional Fundraiser of the Year. Kathy was nominated by a member of Cullercoats lifeboat crew in recognition of her decades
of support. Kathy has...
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