LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Small Motor Launch
JUNE 1 6TH. - PORTPATRICK, WIGTOWNSHIRE.
A small motor launch had been seen burning flares off Ballantrae, but the life-boat was recalled before reaching her.
- Rewards, £3 17s. 6d..
A Fishing Boat (1)
FEBRUARY 20TH. - HASTINGS, SUSSEX.
A fishing boat had shown flares when her engine broke down, but she was able to restart it and went on her way. - Rewards, £56 9s. 6d..
A Steamer (18)
MAY 31ST. - COURTMACSHERRY, CO. CORK. A steamer had been reported ashore and in need of help at Newfoundland Bay, twelve miles east of Old Head Lighthouse, but she got off and went on her way without the life-boat’s help. - Rewards, £9...
Voices
voices Hard graft & glamour Her remarkable determination and bravery Have won Tanni Grey-Thompson international awards and fans but the sporting idol has her own heroes and heroines, as she explains to Rory Stamp ‘The weather was...
Category: Articles
A Small Boat
12th October.
A boy had drifted out to sea in a small boat but was picked up by a passing steamer.—Rewards, £6 17s. 6d..
A Sailing Boat
7th June. A swamped sailing boat was reported to have been seen, but only a survey buoy surmounted by a large flag could be found.—Rewards, £15 8s..
Martyn Joyce the Young Son of Loughborough and the District Branch's Publicity Officer David Joyce Raised £28 In Five Weeks Selling Rnli Souvenirs at His School Rot
Martyn Joyce, the young son of Loughborough and the District branch's publicity officer, David Joyce, raised £28 in five weeks selling RNLI souvenirs at his school, Rothley Primary School. Martyn presented the money to Loughborough... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
A Dinghy (4)
Life-boat 70-002, Lerwick, Shetlands - At 12.9 p.m. on loth July, 1966, a local visitor informed the coxswain that there was a dinghy apparently in difficulties off the harbour. Using his binoculars the coxswain saw that the dinghy was...
A Naval Vessel
JANUARY 8TH. - ILFRACOMBE, DEVON.
During the evening a request was received at the pier for a doctor to be sent to a naval vessel in the Bristol Channel. As no other suitable boat was available the motor lifeboat Rosabella...
A Mustang Aeroplane (1)
OCTOBER 18TH. - SKEGNESS, LINCOLNSHIRE.
At 2.15 in the afternoon the coastguard reported that a Mustang aeroplane had fallen into the sea about a mile from Chapel St. Leonards in a south-easterly direction. A...