LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Some of the 16 Rescued Seamen Shake the Hand of Coxswain Brian Bevan
Some of the 16 rescued seamen shake the hand of Coxswain Brian Bevan as they go ashore from the Humber lifeboat Kenneth The/wall. They had been taken off the blazing tanker Phillips Oklahoma in what Coxswain Bevan described as 'the worst... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
An Aeroplane (52)
DECEMBER 15TH. - SHERINGHAM, NORFOLK.
An aeroplane had been reported down in the sea, but nothing was found, and an aeroplane dropping smoke bombs may have been mistaken for an aeroplane in flames. - Rewards, £29...
Tay, of Dundee
During a strong gale from the S.S.E. on the 30th November, it was reported that the schooner Toy, of Dundee, was on shore on the Gaa Sand, at the mouth of the Tay.
The Mary Hartley life-boat was thereupon at once launched,...
Eureka
EASTBOURNE.—The barge Eureka, Rochester, laden with linseed cake and oats, hoisted a signal of distress while riding at anchor in the offing in a strong 3. wind and thick weather, accompanied by a heavy sea, on the morning of the 8th July....
Vellum for Cloughey
IN the last number of The Life-boat a full account was given of the rescue by the Cloughey life-boat of the seven men of the South Rock Lightvessel which was adrift in a gale. The Insti- tution made money awards amounting to £126 155....
Category: Awards
Lifeboats In Action
THE LIFEGUARDS Thanks on Vellum Lifeguard Mirk John ion lor his 'courage, determination in heavy surf conditions ar d professional efficiency ' Chiel Executive's LeTter of Thanks Lifeguard Alan Wheeler for tus 'courage,...
Category: Services
An Aeroplane (30)
AUGUST 27TH. - EXMOUTH, DEVON.
An aeroplane had crashed in the sea, but only wreckage and burning petrol were found.
- Rewards, £21 3s..
An Aeroplane (14)
NOVEMBER 11TH. - LYTHAM-ST. ANNES, AND BLACKPOOL, LANCASHIRE. An aeroplane had been reported down in the sea off Southport, but nothing could be found.- Rewards : Lytham-St. Annes, £17 9s. ; Blackpool, £19 19s..
An R.A.F. Spitfire Aeroplane
MARCH 1ST . - WICK, CAITHNESS-SHIRE. An R.A.F. Spitfire aeroplane had come down in the sea, but the pilot was rescued by a trawler and the life-boat was recalled. - Rewards, £6 13s..
Royal National Life-Boat Institution, For the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck
For the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck.
(Incorporated by Royal Charter.) FOUNDED IN 1824.—SUPPORTED SOLELY BY VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTIONS.
PATRONESS.
Her Most Gracious Majesty the...
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