LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
FROM OARS TO WATERJETS
What has a 25-knot all-weather craft powered with waterjets got in common with a £300 wooden boat with 10 oars? They’re both fundraising targets set by The Lifeboat Fund – the UK civil service charity set up in aid of the RNLI. When the...
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In Retirement Services
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The Press and Life-Boat Work
We would like to express the grateful thanks of the Institution to the following firms of publishers who have generously inserted the leaflet of the Institution in their Christmas issues or have given us a free advertisement in their pages...
Category: Correspondence
A Rowing Boat
Lerwick, Shetlands.—At 3.10 P.M. on the 21st November, 1938, news was received from Quarff Post Office that a young man had gone out fishing in a small rowing boat in the forenoon and had not returned. A moderate...
A Fishing Boat (2)
Sheringham, Norfolk.—At 8 A.M. On the 27th April, 1939, a telephone message was received from the Fishery Bailiff asking for help for a fishing boat which was at sea off Weybourne three miles away. A strong, increasing N.E.
A French Fishing Boat
22nd July. A French fishing boat had stranded in foggv weather, but did not need help.— Rewards, £10 11s..
A Steamer (1)
4th August. A steamer had gone ashore on the Runnell Stone Rock, but refloated unaided.— Rewards, £5 11s. 6d..
A Drifter (1)
29th September. A drifter stranded on the Haisborough Sands, but refloated without help.—- Rewards, £8 16s. 6d..
A Barge (1)
18th December. A barge had gone ashore, but must have refloated, as she could not be found.— Rewards, £17 Is..
A Motor Boat (2)
Shoreham Harbour, Sussex. — 22nd June. A motor boat had been reported on fire, but nothing could be found.— Rewards, £3 17s. 6d..