LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
(Left) Barnett:
(left) Barnett: length overall 52ft; beam 14ft; draught 4ft 6in; displacement 29 tons; maximum speed, 9 knots; range a! full speed, 350 nautical miles. The Barnett, introduced in 1950, has a crew of seven; she launches down a slipway or lies... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
70-Year-Old Jane Trembath
70-year-old Jane Trembath on her epic row down the River Dart, escorted by Torbay's new D class inflatable, and (inset) Jane at the oars during her 25-mile fund raising trip.
(Inset photo courtesy Western Morning... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
An Aeroplane (35)
NOV. 25TH. - SHOREHAM HARBOUR, SUSSEX. An aeroplane had come down in the sea eleven miles south by east of Shoreham.
The life-boat arrived to find several seaplanes also searching, but nothing was found. - Rewards, £6...
A Motor Vessel (1)
FEBRUARY 5TH. - PORTPATRICK, WIGTOWNSHIRE.
A motor vessel’s engine had broken down, but the vessel got into the shelter of a headland and did not need help.
- Rewards, £21 2s. 6d..
An Aeroplane (56)
APRIL 11TH. - DUNBAR, EAST LOTHIAN.
A British aeroplane had come down in the sea, but a destroyer rescued the pilot.
- Rewards, £4 7s. 6d..
A Fishing Boat (5)
JULY 9TH. - FILEY, YORKSHIRE. A fishing boat was overdue, as her engine had broken down, in foggy weather, but she reached the shore under oars while the lifeboat was searching for her. - Rewards, £14 18s. 6d.
(See...
An Aeroplane (8)
JANUARY 9TH. - ALDEBURGH, SUFFOLK.
An aeroplane had been reported down in the sea off Dunwich, but the lifeboat was recalled as a Southwold motor boat had gone to the rescue. - Rewards, £20 4s. 6d..
Donaghadee
DONAGHADEE, CO. DOWN On the 21st November, 1940, the Donaghadee life-boat rescued seven of the crew of the S.S. Coastville, of Liverpool, and on the 6th December, 1940, landed nine of the crew of the S.S. Hope Star, of...
Category: Medals
A British Spitfire Aeroplane and a German Heinkel
APRIL 3RD. - HARTLEPOOL, DURHAM, AND WHITBY, YORKSHIRE. A British Spitfire fighter aeroplane and a German Heinkel bomber had come down in the sea thirty miles east of Hartlepool, but the five German airmen and the British pilot were rescued...
A Motor Boat
APRIL 26TH. - CLOUGHEY, CO. DOWN.
A motor boat had gone aground in dense fog, but was able to get off unaided.- Rewards, £6 15s.
(See Cloughry, “ Services by Shore-boats,” page 145)..