LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
None (2)
Flamborough, Yorkshire.—20th October.
Rockets had been reported, but no trace of a vessel in need of help could be found.—Rewards, £30 9s..
The French Motor Ketch Ster Vras
Penlee, Cornwall.—6th July, 1939.
Flares had been reported and the French motor ketch Ster Vras was found, but she did not need help.— Rewards, £14 15s..
None (3)
Hoylake, Cheshire.—30th July, 1939.
A red flare had been reported by a fisherman, but the life-boat could find nothing.—Rewards, £15 14*. 6d..
None (13)
Ramsgate, Kent.—26th October, 1939.
A vessel had been reported as showing blue flares, but nothing was found.— Rewards, £11 14s. 9d..
A Boat (1)
JAN. 22ND. - ABERDEEN. A small boat had been reported capsized at the mouth of the River Don, but nothing could be found.- Rewards, £6 17s. 6d..
A Motor Boat (1)
MCH. 18TH. - COURTMACSHERRY HARBOUR, CO. CORK. A motor boat had been reported in distress off the Old Head of Kinsale, but she made safety while the lifeboat was searching for her.-Rewards,.
A Trawler (15)
DEC. 13TH. - SUNDERLAND, DURHAM.
A trawler had been reported to have been mined, but nothing was found. - Rewards, £7 15s. 6d..
An Aeroplane (28)
MARCH 2ND. - CROMER, NORFOLK. A British aeroplane had been reported down in the sea, but a search of several hours, in which trawlers and aeroplanes took part, found nothing. - Rewards, £19 18s. 6d..
An Aeroplane (64)
APRIL 24TH. - PENLEE, CORNWALL.
An aeroplane was reported to have come down in the sea, hut nothing was found.- Rewards, £8 11s..
An Aeroplane (126)
AUGUST 23RD. - CADGWITH, CORNWALL.
An R.A.F. aeroplane had been reported down in the sea, but nothing was found. - Rewards, £25 19s. 6d..