LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
An Aeroplane (37)
OCTOBER 2 3RD. - WHITBY, YORKSHIRE.
An aeroplane had been reported down in the sea, but the search, in which a fishing boat also took part, was without result. - Rewards, £11 6s. 6d. (See Whitby, “Services by...
Two Danish Fishing Vessels
AUGUST 6TH. - HARTLEPOOL, DURHAM.
Two Danish fishing vessels had been reported making heavy weather, but the lifeboat could not find them. They had made for the River Tyne. - Rewards, £11 18s. 6d..
A Raft (2)
SEPTEMBER 2ND. - BEAUMARIS, ANGLESEY.
Two boys had been reported drifting out to sea on a raft, but nothing was found as the boys had already been rescued.
- Rewards, £5..
A Vessel (13)
DECEMBER 30TH. - WALMER, KENT. A vessel had been reported aground on the Goodwin Sands, but nothing could be seen, and it was assumed that she had got off on the rising tide. - Rewards, £31 17s. 6d..
A Schooner
FEBRUARY 7TH. - BARROW, LANCASHIRE.
A schooner had been reported drifting with all her sails gone, but she was found to be using her auxiliary engine with her masts bare. - Rewards, £9 18s..
A Dinghy (4)
JULY 2ND. - BLACKPOOL, AND LYTHAM ST. ANNES, LANCASHIRE. A dinghy, thought to belong to a missing Wellington aeroplane, had been reported, but nothing was found. - Rewards : Blackpool, £8 2s. ; Lytham - St. Annes, £7 6s....
None (36)
AUGUST 2ND. - NEWHAVEN, SUSSEX.
An object which looked like a small boat had been reported, but it was found to be a large black buoy. - Rewards, £6 9s. 6d..
A Rubber Float
AUGUST 14TH. - BARRY DOCK, GLAMORGANSHIRE.
A girl had been reported to have been carried out to sea on a rubber float, but nothing could be found. - Rewards, £14 1s. 9d..
A Vessel (6)
JANUARY 30TH. - WICK, CAITHNESSSHIRE.
An unknown vessel had been reported in distress some nineteen miles N.E.
of Wick, but the life-boat found nothing. - Rewards, £30 5s. 6d..
An Aeroplane (18)
MAY 23RD. - FLEETWOOD, LANCASHIRE.
An aeroplane which had left Belfast at 10.40 A.M. was reported to be overdue, and an unidentified object had been seen about a mile west of Rossall Shooting Range, but nothing was found. -...