LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Small Boat (4)
JULY 28TH. - TORBAY, DEVON. Three boys had drifted away in a small boat, but a man swam out and pushed the boat ashore.
Rewards, £4 12s..
A Rubber Boat
MAY 26TH. - HYTHE, KENT. A small rubber boat with three men on board had been reported adrift off Dymchurch, but all that could be found was a large case. - Rewards, £10 10s. 6d..
A Fishing Boat (15)
SEPTEMBER 19TH. - SKEGNESS, LINCOLNSHIRE.
A light and red flares had been reported, but they came from a cooker on a fishing boat. - Rewards, £14 8s..
A Motor Boat (5)
AUGUST 8TH. - PWLLHELI, CAERNARVONSHIRE. A motorboat had been reported drifting, but it reached land unaided.
- Rewards, £4 12s.
A Motor Fishing Boat
MAY 10TH. - ABERDEEN. A motor fishing boat had been reported in distress, but another fishing boat towed her to Stonehaven.
- Rewards, £14 16s.
A Motor Boat (1)
Donaghadee, Co. Down.—2nd October, 1938. It had been reported that a disabled motor boat had been carried out to sea, but the boat got to Belfast unaided. Great help was given the life-boat by the military searchlights at Grey Point and...
A Shrimp Boat
Great Yarmouth and Gorleston, Norfolk.
—21st May, 1938. A disabled shrimp boat had been driven into the breakers, but her crew of two were rescued from the shore by the coastguard rocket lifesaving appliances.—Rewards,...
A Motor Boat (1)
JUNE 15TH. - THE MUMBLES, GLAMORGANSHIRE.
A motor boat had broken down, but she was taken in tow by a steamer.
- Rewards, £5 18s. 6d..
A Motor Boat
AUGUST 30TH. - PORTHDINLLAEN, CAERNARVONSHIRE. A motor boat had broken down, but it was learned later that her crew had landed in their small boat, and the life-boat was recalled by wireless - Rewards, £5 17s. 6d.
The Life-Boat Station
THE following brief description and diagrams illustrative of a complete Life-boat Establishment, including the House for the protection of the boat, will serve to convey an idea of the general character of one of the 284 Life-boat Stations...
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