LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
First Vellum Award for IRB Rescue
For the first time ever the thanks of the Institution inscribed on vellum have been accorded for a service by an inshore rescue boat. The service was carried out by the Eastney IRB on 3ist October, 1965, when six men were saved from a...
Category: Awards
St Lawrence
On the 20th September, on the Southport life-boat landing at Lytham with the greater portion of the crew of the barque St. Lawrence, it was considered that the four persons who had remained on board her were in danger, so the Lytham...
A Motor Vessel (1)
llth Novem- ber. A motor vessel had engine trouble, but was helped by a steamer.
—Rewards, £14 18s. 6d..
A R.A.F. Machine
Barra Island, Isle of lewis. — 27th April, 1938. A R.A.F. machine had been reported as overdue, but the report was found to be only a test call by the R.A.F.—Rewards, £4 13s. 6d..
A Motor Speed Boat
Whitby, Yorkshire.—16th May, 1938.
A motor speed-boat had broken down, but a fishing boat took her in tow.— Rewards, £10 13s..
A British Spitfire Aeroplane
MAY 22ND. - CLACTON - ON - SEA, ESSEX. A British Spitfire aeroplane had come down in the sea, but the pilot was rescued by a fishing boat. - Rewards, £3 4s. 6d..
A Steamer (4)
FEBRUARY 11TH. - THURSO, CAITHNESS- SHIRE. A steamer’s engine had failed but she was able to go on slowly, and needed not a life-boat, but tugs. - Rewards, £24 16s. 6d..
A Swedish Steamer
MARCH 26TH. - WALMER, KENT. A Swedish steamer had been reported aground on the Goodwin Sands, but no ship aground could be found and a ship was seen steaming away. - Rewards, £14 17s..
A Small Yacht (4)
SEPTEMBER 6TH. - RAMSGATE, KENT.
A small yacht had capsized, but a speed boat rescued the man on board. - Rewards, £4 17s..
A Firefly Aeroplane
SEPTEMBER 21ST. - PADSTOW, CORNWALL.
A Firefly aeroplane had crashed in the sea, but only a dinghy and wreckage were found. - Rewards, £2 19s..