LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
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DECEMBER 25TH. - LYTHAM-ST. ANNES, LANCASHIRE. The crew of an R.A.F. aeroplane had baled out and some of the airmen had come safely down. A search was made for three who were missing, but without success, and at dawn the men were found...
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NOVEMBER 1ST. - KILLYBEGS, CO. DONEGAL. Flares had been reported twelve miles off, but nothing was found.
This was the first service call received at, this recently established station, where the life-boat arrived on 24th...
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MARCH 11TH. - BOULMER, NORTHUMBERLAND.
Distress signals had been seen five miles east of Newton, but no vessel could be found. - Rewards, £14 3s..
Special Life-Boat Funds
CIVIL SERVICE LIFE-BOAT FUND.
Patron— His ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCE OF WALES. K.G.
Vice-Patrons — His Grace the DUKE OF RUTLAND, K.G.
The Most Hon. the MABQUIS OF RIPON,...
Category: Donations
Only Fools and Horses? By Ray Kipling
Ray Kipling, the RNLi's public relations officer, takes a closer look at the rescue statistics over the last 20 years.
WHAT HAVE a man on a bicycle, a man in a barrel, a pheasant, a butterfly and a • horse got in common...
Category: Articles
Lifeboat Classified
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Category: Advertisement
Ben Chourn
Lerwick, Shetland*. — Early on the morning of the 31st January, 1938, the coastguard reported that a trawler was ashore on the island of Bressay. A S.S.W. gale was blowing, with a rough sea and showers of sleet. The motor life-boat Lady Jane...
Top Box
Michael Ashley, south east regional manager, presented the Roderick cup to Phil Barry, the proprietor of the Beachcomber Cafe, Barton-on-Sea, the winner of the annual competition for the top collecting box The ladies in the photograph are... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
An Aeroplane (16)
SEPT. 9TH. - HASTINGS, SUSSEX, AND DUNGENESS, KENT. At 9.29P.M. the coastguard at Fairlight reported that an aeroplane had come down in the sea a mile to the east. The weather was clear and the sea was calm. At 9.35 the Dungeness lifeboat...
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DEC. 25TH. - GREAT YARMOUTH AND GORLESTON, NORFOLK. Flares had been reported, but nothing could be found.
- Rewards, £19 16s. 6d..