LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
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A special thank you They say that just before you die, your whole life passes before you. At the age of eight you haven't had much of a life so when you come close to 'it', you really can recall everything.
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Category: Correspondence
Cover Picture
by Colin Watson Unusual lighting picks out the details on the Bangor (Co Down) Atlantic 21 class lifeboat as she takes up station astern of the station's all-weather lifeboat.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
An Aeroplane (26)
OCT. 27TH. - THE HUMBER, YORKSHIRE.
An aeroplane was reported to have come down in the sea but the life-boat found nothing. - Permanent paid crew : Rewards, 9s..
An Aeroplane (54)
APRIL 7TH. - HARTLEPOOL, AND SEAHAM, DURHAM. An aeroplane had been reported down in the sea, but nothing wasfound. - Rewards : Hartlepool, £4 7s. ; Seaham, £4 19s. 6d..
A Fishing Boat (6)
JULY 18TH. - STROMNESS, ORKNEYS.
A fishing boat’s engine had broken down, but the boat was taken in tow by a naval patrol boat. - Rewards, £4 16s. 6d..
An Aeroplane (160)
OCTOBER 23RD. - MOELFRE, ANGLESEY.
An aeroplane was reported to have come down in the sea, but it was found later that it had landed safely. - Rewards, £12..
An Aeroplane (184)
DECEMBER 12TH. - SHOREHAM HARBOUR, SUSSEX. An aeroplane, which had caught fire, was reported to have come down in the sea, but naval rescue boats had already gone to its help. - Rewards, £15 7s. 6d..
A British Spitfire Aeroplane
JANUARY 25TH. - ALDEBURGH, SUFFOLK.
A British Spitfire aeroplane had been reported down in the sea, but nothing was found. - Rewards, £19 11s. 6d..
An Aeroplane (35)
MARCH 13TH. - THURSO, AND WICK, CAITHNESS-SHIRE. A British aeroplane was expected to come down, probably at sea, but it reached land before crashing.- Rewards : Thurso, £21 9s. ; Wick, £8 13s..
An Aeroplane (9)
MARCH 6TH. - RAMSEY, ISLE OF MAN.
An aeroplane had been reported down in the sea, but nothing was - found. - Rewards, £34 18s..