LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Trawler (16)
DEC. 18TH. - ABERDEEN, AND PETERHEAD, ABERDEENSHIRE. A trawler had been reported to have been attacked by enemy aircraft eighty miles to the E.N.E.
of Aberdeen, but nothing could be found. - Rewards : Aberdeen, £23 17s...
A Steamer
FEBRUARY 20TH. - NEWQUAY, CORNWALL.
A steamer had blown up from some unknown cause about fifteen miles westnorth- west of Newquay, but the seventy survivors were picked up by other vessels.
- Rewards,...
Silver Medal for Barra Island.
Coxswain Murdo Sinclair, of Barra Island in the Outer Hebrides, has been awarded the silver medal for taking the life-boai 4o miles in a southerly gale and rescuing fifteen lives from a steamer which had been wrecked under the cliff* of Skye...
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A Steamer (9)
JANUARY 30TH. - CROMER, NORFOLK.
It had been reported that a steamer was being attacked by enemy aircraft off Haisboro’ and two loud explosions had been heard about seven miles south of the Hairsboro’ Lightvessel, but...
A Raft (3)
FEBRUARY 2ND. - CROMARTY. A raft with seven men on it, believed to be survivors of a vessel sunk by enemy action, had been reported thirty-six miles N.E. by E. of Tarbat Ness, but they were rescued by naval trawlers. - Rewards, £6...
An Aeroplane (188)
NOVEMBER 28TH. - ABERDEEN. An unknown aeroplane was reported to have come down six miles from Bridge of Don, but nothing was found. The next day the life-boat again searched for wreckage, but without result. - Rewards : £14 11s. 6d.,...
An Aeroplane (158)
OCTOBER 13TH. - WHITBY, YORKSHIRE.
A British aeroplane was thought to have crashed in the sea ten miles north o f Whitby, but nothing was found. - Rewards, £19 19s. 6d..
Slava (1)
MARCH 16TH. - BARRY DOCK , GLAMORGANSHIRE, AND MINEHEAD, SOMERSET. The Yugo-Slav steamer Slava, of Susak, had been torpedoed five and a half miles N.E. of Foreland Point, near Lynmouth, but the survivors were picked up by another vessel. -...
Slava
MARCH 16TH. - BARRY DOCK, GLAMORGANSHIRE, AND MINEHEAD, SOMERSET. The Yugo-Slav steamer Slava, of Susak, had been torpedoed five and a half miles N.E. of Foreland Point, near Lynmouth, but the survivors were picked up by another vessel. -...
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Red flag rescue The red flag was flying, there were constant loudspeaker announcements, and safety signs alerted people to the dangers. Despite these warnings, people were still in the waterSwimmers near Bournemouth pier were in danger of...