LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Motor Vessel (1)
JANUARY 25TH. - CLOGHER HEAD, CO.
LOUTH. A motor vessel was reported to be in distress fourteen miles south-east of the life-boat station, but the help of the lifeboat was not needed. - Rewards, £5 3s..
None (64)
JUNE 2 9TH. - KILMORE, CO. WEXFORD.
It was reported that a rocket had been seen over Saltee Island in the direction of the Coningbeg Lightship, but it was later learned that it was a flare which had been dropped from a...
An Aeroplane (44)
JULY 13TH. - CROMER, NORFOLK. An aeroplane had been reported down in the sea twenty-five miles E.N.E. of Cromer, but the crew of three were picked up by a patrol vessel-Rewards, £13 6s. 6d..
An Aeroplane (130)
SEPTEMBER 24TH. - RUNSWICK, YORKSHIRE.
A British bomber aeroplane was reported to have crashed into the sea twelve miles north of Runswick, but nothing was found. - Rewards, £9 0S. 6d..
A Flying Boat
OCTOBER 7TH. - SWANAGE, DORSET A parachute from an aeroplane had been reported down in the sea, and a British flying boat had been attacked by German aeroplanes, but in neither case could any thing be found. - Rewards, £14..
An Aeroplane (159)
OCTOBER 2lST. - CROMER, NORFOLK.
A British aeroplane was reported down in the sea, but the life-boat was recalled by wireless as it was learned later that the aeroplane had landed safely. - Rewards, £12 7s....
A Swordfish Aeroplane
DECEMBER 27TH. - BARROW, LANCASHIRE.
A Swordfish aeroplane had been reported down in the sea, but nothing was found. - Rewards, £20 19s.
(See Millom, “Services by Auxiliary Rescueboats,” page 72.).<...
None (2)
JANUARY 11TH. - BEAUMARIS, ANGLESEY.
An aeroplane had been reported down, but was found to have come down on land.
- Rewards, £12 16s. 6d..
None (10)
FEBRUARY 23RD. - CAMPBELTOWN, ARGYLLSHIRE, AND GIRVAN, AYRSHIRE.
A red light had been reported and information was received that a man had fallen overboard from an aircraft carrier, but nothing was found. - Rewards :...
An Aeroplane (13)
APRIL 13TH. - BARROW, LANCASHIRE.
An aeroplane had been reported down, but a high-speed launch from Fleetwood picked up the five survivors. - Rewards, £13 19s. (See Millom, “Services of Auxiliary Rescue-boats,” page 66...