LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Trawler (4)
MAY 6TH. - BALLYCOTTON, CO. CORK.
The military look-out had reported a trawler sounding her fog siren, but the life-boat was recalled when a message came from the Ballycotton Lighthouse that, after signalling “ mines...
A Rowing Boat (4)
SEPTEMBER 5TH. - DONAGHADEE, CO.
DOWN. Two boys in a rowing boat had been reported missing in a thick fog, but the boat was found among the rocks, the boys apparently having left her there and gone home. - Rewards, £8...
An Aeroplane (7)
JANUARY 7TH. - ST. IVES, CORNWALL.
At the request of the naval authorities the life-boat went to a spot where a Coastal Command aeroplane was reported to be circling over either an aeroplane or bodies in the sea, but she...
None (11)
MARCH 27TH. - BUCKIE, BANFFSHIRE.
A vessel had been reported on fire, but nothing could be found, and it was learned later there had been a small moorland fire on the Sutherland coast across the Moray Firth.- Rewards, £...
A Raft
DECEMBER 2ND. - CLOVELLY, DEVON.
A ship’s boat had been reported at sea, but the life-boat only found an empty raft which she could not bring in owing to the rough sea.
- Rewards, £17 4s....
Aircraft
AP R I L 1 5 T H . - RAMSGATE, KENT.
Aircraft had been reported down in the sea about thirty miles east of Ramsgate, but the life-boat was recalled by other aircraft which had already made a search. - Rewards, £7 16s....
Aircraft (1)
JULY 12TH. - WEYMOUTH, DORSET.
Aircraft had been reported down in the sea, but nothing could be found and no one could have lived in the rough sea. - Rewards, £13 2s. 6d..
An Aeroplane (6)
FEBRUARY 24TH. - HOLY ISLAND, NORTHUMBERLAND. An aeroplane had been reported down in the sea, but nothing could be found. An ex-coxswain, an exsecond coxswain and two farm workers helped to make up the life-boat’s crew. - Rewards, £20...
A Vessel (3)
FEBRUARY 18TH and 19TH. - ST. ABBS, AND EYEMOUTH, BERWICKSHIRE. A vessel on fire had been reported, but nothing could be found. - Rewards : St. Abbs, £21 2s.
6d. ; Eyemouth, £26 5s. 6d..
A Motor Trawler
JANUARY 4TH. - BARRA ISLAND, HEBRIDES. A strange-looking ship had been reported at anchor, but she was found to be a motor trawler which did not need help.
- Rewards, £14 7s. 6d.