LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
An Aeroplane (13)
JULY 17TH. - CLACTON-ON-SEA, AND WALTON AND FRINTON, ESSEX. A message had been received from the coasttake guard that an aeroplane had crashed in the sea between Walton pier and Gunfleet Lighthouse and that a man had come down from it by...
A Mustang Aeroplane
JULY 29TH. - HASTINGS, SUSSEX. At 11.23 in the morning the Fairlight coastguard reported that a Mustang aeroplane had come down in the sea two and a half miles from Hastings. A light south-west wind was blowing, with a slight sea. The motor...
Harmonious II
AUGUST 7TH. - ABERDEEN. At 10.27 at night the coastguard reported that a fishing boat was burning red flares five miles away, south-east of Collieston. A light south-west wind was blowing and the sea was smooth.
The No. 1...
The Motor Fishing Coble Sheila
DECEMBER 6TH. - FILEY, YORKSHIRE.
During the afternoon the local motor fishing coble Sheila became overdue. A northwesterly breeze was blowing and the sea was calm, but it was thought advisable for the motor life-boat to...
Providence
SEPTEMBER 30TH. - MARGATE KENT.
At 5.35 P.M. information was received from the naval authorities that a fishing boat was in distress three miles west of Margate pier, and the motor life-boat The Lord Southborough (Civil...
A Whitley Bombing Aeroplane (1)
DECEMBER 9TH. - PADSTOW, CORNWALL, CLOVELLY, AND APPLEDORE, DEVON. On the afternoon of the 9th December Padstow No. 1 motor life-boat put out to the help of a Whitley bombing aeroplane which had been reported down in the...
Baptism by mire
SOUTHEND-ON-SEA | 3 NOVEMBER
Southend’s search and rescue hovercraft crew launched to reports of five people in the water struggling to get ashore. The volunteers quickly located three of them –...
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GULLY RESCUE FOR KAYAKER
FETHARD | 22 MARCH
Fethard volunteers headed to a man who tried kayaking to the aid of his dog. The pet had fallen down a very steep gully while chasing a seagull. The kayaker found his vessel...
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The Motor Fishing Boats Jeanie and Aliped IV
FEBRUARY 22ND. - GIRVAN, AYRSHIRE.
At 7 P.M. the police reported distress signals from a fishing boat six miles south of Girvan. A strong S.S.W. breeze was blowing with a rough sea The motor life-boat Lily Glen - Glasgow...
Stella, of Waterford
APRIL 19TH. - DUNMORE EAST, CO. WATERFORD. At 11.15 at night the civic guard telephoned that flares for help had been seen. A light south-east wind was blowing. The sea was smooth. The motor life-boat Agnes Cross, on temporary duty at the...