LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Dinghy (1)
Dover, Kent - At 3.30 p.m. on 15th May, 1968, while the life-boat Faithful Forester was on exercise, a dinghy was seen to capsize throwing two men into the water. There was a moderate breeze from the south west and a corresponding sea. It...
A Small Boat (3)
Early on the morning of the 23rd March three boys put out from the harbour in a small boat and headed up the Bristol Channel.
When about half a mile out they tried to put about and return but were unable to do so, as a...
A Rubber Float
Clovelly, Devon.—5th August. A man on a rubber float had been reported to be drifting out to sea, but he managed to get ashore unaided.—Rewards, £7 Is. 6d..
A Small Boat
27th July.
Three men were in difficulties in a small boat, but were picked up by a coble.—Rewards, £10 18s..
A Small Vessel
9th September. A small vessel was reported to have dis- appeared, but a search revealed nothing.
—Rewards, £20 11*..
A Small Boat (5)
15th September. It had been reported that a small boat had capsized. A thorough search was made, but nothing was found.—Re- wards, £18 18s. 6d..
A Year's Halfpennies
FOR the fourth year running the Insti- tution has received a gift of a year'scollection of halfpennies. It numbered 468, or nineteen shillings and sixpence..
Category: Meetings
A Yacht (2)
6th June.
A yacht was in distress, but was picked up by a R.A.F. tender.—Rewards, £7 2s. 6d..
A Motor Fishing Boat
Blyth, Northumberland. — 19th January, 1939. A local motor fishing boat was overdue, but she got in unaided, after having been delayed by a fouled propeller.—Rewards £14. 9s. 6d..
A Year's Halfpennies
FOR the sixth year running the Institu- tion has received from a lady in Hamp- stead the gift of a year's collection of halfpennies. It numbers 216, or nine shillings..
Category: Donations