LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Motor Boat (4)
SEPT . 4TH. - APPLEDORE, DEVONSHIRE.
A motor boat had been reported on fire, but nothing could be found. - Rewards, £7 17s. 9d..
A Yacht (1)
JULY 22ND. - LYTHAM-ST. ANNES, LANCASHIRE. A yacht had been reported in difficulties, but got safely to land without help. - Rewards, £9 9s.
A R.A.F. Launch
MAY 11TH. - GREAT YARMOUTH AND GORLESTON, NORFOLK. At 4.12 A.M.
the Great Yarmouth coastguard telephoned that the naval base wanted the life-boat to help with a R.A.F. launch which had goneaground, and the motor life-boat...
A Small Boat (6)
SEPTEMBER 6TH. - EXMOUTH, DEVON.
Two boys had been reported missing in a small boat, but they had got ashore. - Rewards, £13 0s. 9d..
A Steamer (38)
OCTOBER 30TH. - WICK, CAITHNESSSHIRE. A steamer had been reported drifting towards the shore near Duncansbay, but no trace of her could be found. - Rewards, £27..
A Vessel (8)
APRIL 14TH. - PETERHEAD, ABERDEENSHIRE.
A vessel in convoy was reported to have been bombed, but nothing was found. - Rewards, £7 16s..
A Parachute (4)
DECEMBER 28TH. - CROMER, NORFOLK.
A parachute had been reported in the sea, but nothing was found. - Rewards, £40 15s..
Wild is the wind
The wind brings us clear blue skies and storms, makes a sailboat sail and chills us to the bone. But have you ever wondered where it comes from? Here the Lifeboat gives you a beginner’s guide to wind and its extreme effects<...
Category: Articles
514 Lives In Eight Months
In the first eight months of 1946 life-boats have rescued 514 lives, an average of 64 lives a month..
Category: Articles
A Steamer (2)
24th January. Steamer with sick man on board asked for the life-boat, which went to the position given but found nothing.—Rewards, £29 Is..