LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
An Aeroplane (119)
SEPTEMBER 27TH. - HASTINGS, SUSSEX.
At 5.25 P.M. the coastguard reported that a German aeroplane was in the sea a quarter of a mile S.W. of the bathing pool at St.
Leonards, and that another had crashed in...
Two Bronze Medal Services. Hartlepool (Durham) and Selsey and Bognor (Sussex)
Hartlepool (Durham) and Selsey and Bognor (Sussex).
ON the morning of 26th September last a three-masted Danish auxiliary schooner, the-Doris, of Thuro, attempted to enter the harbour at Hartlepool. A strong N.N.E. gale...
Category: Services
Local Schoolboys Help Pin on Yellow/Red Mixed Tulip Heads for the Orange Superstructure
Local schoolboys help pin on yellow/red mixed tulip heads for the orange superstructure.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Portrait on the Cover
The portrait on the cover is of Coxswain John Thomas Lord, of Ramsey, Isle of Man. After serving as bowman of the Ramsey life-boat for nearly three years, he was appointed coxswain in October, 1930..
Category: Articles
An Aeroplane (1)
The Humber, Yorkshire.—20th April, 1939. An aeroplane was thought to have crashed into the sea, but it was found that she came down on land.— Permanent paid crew: Rewards, 6s..
An Aeroplane (82)
OCTOBER 12TH. - BERWICK - ON - TWEED, NORTHUMBERLAND. An aeroplane was reported to have dived into the sea, but nothing could be found. - Rewards, £11 3s. 6d..
Fundraising
It was around this time last year that the Oban lifeboat crew saved the life of an unconscious man who was trapped in icy waters between two fishing vessels in Oban harbour (see winter 2001/02 issue, p.18). The crew's pagers went off...
Category: Articles
Norden Havet
On the 1st of May last the barque Norden Havet, of Porsgrund, Norway, was towed ashore at Southwold in a sinking state, having grounded on the Leman and Ower Sands. Part of the crew were landed, but the master and two mates remained on board...
Highland Laddie
Dungeness, Kent - At 11.30 a.m. on 12th July, 1967, news was received that the cabin cruiser Highland Laddie was aground off Lade. The life-boat Charles Cooper Henderson, on temporary duty at the station, was launched at 11.50 in a fresh...
An Aeroplane (1)
Dover, Kent.—16th February. An aeroplane had been reported to have dived into the sea, but it had come down to within a few feet of the sea and had then flown away.—Partly permanent paid crew: Rewards, £l 18s..