LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Two Sisters (1)
JANUARY 5TH AND 6TH. - NEWBIGGIN, AND NORTH SUNDERLAND, NORTHUMBERLAND.
At 5.5 P .M. the coast-guard reported to the Newbiggin station that the sixteen-feet fishing boat Two Sisters, of Newbiggin, had not returned. An...
A Raft (1)
JUNE 14TH. - WELLS, NORFOLK. A raft flying a white flag had been reported, but nothing was found. - Rewards, £21 3s. 9d..
A Canoe (1)
APRIL 21ST. - SELSEY, SUSSEX. A canoe which had put off from Clymping with two on board had not returned, but nothing was found. - Rewards, £14 4s. 6d.
A Ship’s Boat (1)
JULY 19TH. - ARRANMORE, CO.DONEGAL. At about noon a man reported a ship’s boat drifting off the island. The weather was moderate with a S.W. wind.
At 8 P.M. the motor life-boat K.T.J.S. was launched, and found the boat...
Gustaf E. Ruter (1)
Nov. 26TH. - LERWICK, AND AITH, SHETLANDS. At 2.45 A . M . a message was received at Lerwick from the coastguard that the Swedish steamer Gustaf E. Ruter, of Gotenburg, was under observation fourteen miles W.N.W. of Fair Island. A whole gale...
A Rowing Boat (1)
SEPTEMBER 2ND. - DUN LAOGHAIRE, CO. DUBLIN. At 6.15 P.M. the assistant mechanic reported that a rowing boat had been in difficulties about two miles off the east pier at 5.30 P.M., and although she was now getting closer she would not make...
A Beaufighter Aeroplane (1)
DECEMBER 21ST. - DUNBAR, EAST LOTHIAN. A Beaufighter aeroplane had crashed in the sea, but only wreckage was seen. - Rewards, £6 13s..
Various Vessels (1)
JANUARY 11TH. - HOLYHEAD, ANGLESEY, and PORTHDINLLAEN, CAERNARVONSHIRE. During the afternoon information was given by the coastguard to both stations that vessels had been torpedoed or mined six miles west of Rhoscolyn. The Holyhead motor...
A Motor Yacht (1)
NOVEMBER 15TH. - SHOREHAM HARBOUR, SUSSEX. A motor yacht had drifted ashore with her engine broken down, but her crew of two got ashore unaided.- Rewards, £16 2s. 6d.
Star of Victory (1)
OCT. 29TH . - WICK, CAITHNESS-SHIRE. The Aberdeen trawler Star of Victory had stranded near Keiss on the 15th October, 1939, and the Wick life-boat City of Edinburgh helped her on that day and rescued her crew of ten on the following day.<...