LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Two Ship’s Boats
MARCH 1 1TH. - ARRANMORE, CO.
DONEGAL. Two ship’s boats, assumed to be from a ship that had been attacked, were reported several miles to the westward of the island, but they could not be found.- Rewards, £19 11s..<...
An Aeroplane (77)
MAY 3RD. - SHERINGHAM, NORFOLK.
A German aeroplane had been reported downin the sea half a mile from the shore, but the crew of four landed in their rubber dinghy unaided and were arrested. - Rewards, £19 9s....
None (49)
SEPTEMBER 4TH. - MARGATE, KENT.
Two airmen had been reported down in the sea, but the life-boat was recalled by wireless when it was learned that it was two balloons that had come down and they had been mistaken for...
An Aeroplane (6)
JANUARY 7TH. - NEWQUAY, CORNWALL.
A British aeroplane had been reported in the sea, but her crew of three had been rescued by a fishing boat before the life-boat arrived. - Rewards, £13 2s.
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A Steamer (2)
JANUARY 22ND. - TROON, AYRSHIRE.
A steamer had been reported ashore, but a second message asked that the life-boat should be recalled as she was not needed.- Rewards, £11 14s..
An Aeroplane (29)
MARCH 2ND. - RAMSEY, ISLE OF MAN.
An aeroplane had been reported missing, and it was thought that she might have come down at sea, but she had crashed on the beach. - Rewards, £12 9s..
A British Sunderland Flying Boat
MARCH 2ND. - PLYMOUTH, DEVON. A British Sunderland flying boat was reported to have been forced down, but the life-boat was recalled by wireless as another aeroplane had gone to her help. - Rewards, £6 13s..
A Fishing Boat and a Dinghy
MARCH 27TH. - TORBAY, DEVON. A vessel coming in reported that she had found a small fishing boat and a dinghy with no one on board, and the life-boat made a wide search for her crew, but found nothing.- Rewards, £4 5s..
An Aeroplane (44)
APRIL 13TH. - BARROW, LANCASHIRE.
A British aeroplane had been reported down in the sea, but her crew were picked up by atrawler about twenty miles N.W. of Morecambe Bay lightship and the life-boat was recalled by wireless....
None (4)
JANUARY 11TH. - RAMSGATE, KENT.
An explosion had been reported, but it was caused by a drifting mine striking the sands.
- Rewards, £15 9s..