LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Lifeboat Launches
Station-by-station lifeboat launches for August, September and October 1997 Aberdeen. Grampian Arun: Aug 8. 16 and Oct 4 D Class: Aug 7, 8, 10,16 and 17 (three times) Aberdovey Gwynedd Atlantic 21: Aug 2. 14. 15.26.
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The First Steam Life-Boat
THE recent notices in the press, both written and pictorial, of the latest production of the ROYAL NATIONAL LIFEBOAT INSTITUTION—" the first steam Lifeboat "—have been so full, that we can quite imagine some of the Society's...
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Hythe, Kent.—8th December, 1937.
White flares had been seen, but were found to have been made by fishermen signalling to a steamer to keep clear of their nets.—Rewards, £35 11s. 6d..
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Ramsgate, Kent.—13th July, 1938. An open boat had been reported driftingby the North Goodwin Light-vessel, but it was found to be a large packing-case.
-—Rewards, £5 8*..
A Schooner (1)
DE C . 1 S T. - MARGATE, KENT. A schooner had been sunk by enemy action four miles away and the life-boat found only the masthead of the vessel and no sign of the crew. It was learned later that the crew had been rescued by another vessel.-...
A Vessel (13)
DECEMBER 30TH. - WALMER, KENT. A vessel had been reported aground on the Goodwin Sands, but nothing could be seen, and it was assumed that she had got off on the rising tide. - Rewards, £31 17s. 6d..
A Grain Elevator
SEPTEMBER 20TH. - MARGATE, KENT.
A grain elevator, which was in tow of a Russian ship, had broken adrift and gone ashore, but no one was on board. - Rewards, £18 14s..
Two Boats
JUNE 4TH. - RAMSGATE, KENT. The life-boat rescued sixty-eight French soldiers from two boats.
For details see “ Evacuation of Men of the British Expeditionary Force and the French Army from Dunkirk,” page 80..
An Aeroplane (94)
AUGUST 19TH. - RAMSGATE, KENT. A German aeroplane had come down in the sea, and the men in it had managed to climb on board the near-by wreck of the steamer Harcola, but they were picked up by a naval vessel. - Rewards, £7...
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AUGUST 28TH. - DUNGENESS, KENT.
It had been reported that an airman was descending by parachute eight miles N.E. of Dungeness, but he landed near the beach and was able to swim ashore, although his hands had been badly...