LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Fishing Boat (3)
AUGUST 6TH. - PORTRUSH, CO. ANTRIM.
A fishing boat had been reported missing, but she was found by the Malin Head auxiliary rescue-boat. - Rewards, £5 1s. (See Malin Head, “Services by Auxiliary Rescueboats,” page 68.)...
A Raft (2)
AUGUST 20TH. - BROUGHTY FERRY, ANGUS. Six boys on a raft had got into difficulties and five got ashore, but the sixth was lost before the life-boat could reach the spot. - Rewards, £5 5s. 6d..
A Motor Vessel
FEBRUARY 9TH. - ILFRACOMBE, DEVON.
A motor vessel had signalled that her engine had failed, but she repaired it and was able to go on her way. - Rewards, £23 8s..
A Fishing Boat
JANUARY 10TH. - TORBAY, DEVON. A fishing boat had been reported overdue, but before putting out to sea the life-boat found her in the outer harbour. - Rewards, £14 6s.
6d..
A Canoe (1)
MAY 13TH. - GALWAY BAY, AND FENIT, CO. KERRY. Three men, who had left Kilronan in a canoe, had been reported missing, but they reached land in County Clare.
- Rewards : Galway Bay, £13 16s. ; Fenit, £13...
Port Talbot (Aberavon Beach)
Port Talbot (Aberavon Beach) crew and station officials are photographed with their new D class inflatable lifeboat on Saturday March 24, the day she was officially handed over. The lifeboat was the gift of Port Talbot Round Table 335 and... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
"A Sacred Duty"
H.R.H. The Princess Marie Louise, presiding at a meeting in London, said: "I dislike the word charity, as it sounds so patronising. It is both a privilege and a sacred duty to support the Life-boat Service.".
Category: Articles
A Motor Launch
Torbay, Devon.—22nd July, 1339.
A motor launch with a number of passengers on board was overdue, but she was towed in by a motor trawler.— Rewards, £4 13s..
A Vessel (4)
DECEMBER 21ST. - SOUTHEND - ON - SEA, ESSEX. A vessel was flying a flag, thought to be a distress signal, but the flag was found to be her house flag and she was not in need of help. - Rewards, £7 4s..
A Steamer (10)
MARCH 2ND. - HELVICK HEAD, CO.
WATERFORD. A survivor of a bombed steamer who had been landed by a trawler had reported that others were missing, but the life-boat found nothing. - Rewards, £15 18s..