LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Steamer (16)
MARCH 9TH. - HARTLEPOOL, DURHAM.
A steamer had been in collision a mile east of Heugh Light and had sunk, but the twentythree survivors were picked up from their own boats by another vessel. - Rewards, £14 9s. 6d..<...
An Aeroplane (16)
MAY 12TH. SOUTHEND - ON - SEA, ESSEX An aeroplane had been reported down in the sea, but nothing could be found. - Rewards. £7 10s..
A Steamer (16)
DEC. 12TH. - GREAT YARMOUTH AND GORLESTON, AND CAISTER, NORFOLK.
A steamer had been reported to be on fire after striking a mine, but a trawler had picked up five survivors and nothing else was found but some wreckage. -...
An Aeroplane (16)
FEBRUARY 12TH. - FILEY, YORK-SHIRE. An aeroplane had been reported down in the sea, but nothing could be found.
- Rewards, £17 10s.
A Steamer (16)
DECEMBER 25TH. - PORTPATRICK, WIGTOWNSHIRE. A steamer was on fire, but a trawler had gone to her help. - Rewards, £10 8s. 6d.
Services of the Life-Boats of the Royal National Life-Boat Institution
BRIDLINGTON QUAY, YORKSHIRE. —On 3rd January the Life-boat George and Jane Walker was called out to the assistance of two sailing vessels which had been towed into the bay and left at anchor. During the night the wind changed into the E.S.E....
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at the annual meeting of the R. N.L.I.
on 18th May, Mr. Derek Scott, of Mumbles, who holds the B.E.M., the Institution's silver medal and bar and the bronze medal, belongs to the new generation of life-boatmen. He was...
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The James Stevens No. 20 at Queenstown
The James Stevens No 20 at Queenstown. - View image in PDF
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Here and There
BRISTOW HELICOPTERS have given to Aberdeen's 54' Arun BP Forties an AM VHP (air band) Pye Westminster radio, which allows direct communication between lifeboat and aircraft; the cheque for £350 was presented to Coxswain Albert...
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Additional Stations and New Life-Boats
WORKINGTON, CUMBERLAND.—In Con- sequence of a shipwreck having occurred here, with, loss of life, in September 1885, the local residents made application to the Institution to form a Life-boat esta- blishment at this port, and as a large...
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