LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
An Aeroplane (2)
FEB. 26TH. - SOUTHEND - ON - SEA, ESSEX. An aeroplane had come down in the sea, but the pilot was saved by a motor boat.-Rewards, £10 1s. 6d..
A Sunderland Flying-Boat
AUGUST 27TH. - CADGWITH, CORNWALL.
A Sunderland flying-boat had come down in the sea, but was taken in tow by a motor boat. - Rewards, £10 1s..
None (25)
SEPTEMBER 6TH. - BUCKIE, BANFFSHIRE.
A red flare had been reported, but nothing was found. - Rewards, £9 1s..
A Whitley Bombing Aeroplane
JUNE 30TH. - BARMOUTH, MERIONETHSHIRE.
A Whitley bombing aeroplane had been reported down in the sea, but nothing was found. - Rewards, £19 1s. 6d..
A Fishing Boat (5)
OCTOBER 13TH. - LLANDUDNO, CAERNARVONSHIRE.
A fishing boat had been reported in distress, but no boat in need of help could be found. - Rewards, £21 1s. 6d..
None (54)
NOVEMBER 9TH. - SCARBOROUGH, YORKSHIRE. Two swimmers had been reported in difficulties, but the police rescued one and the other was drowned. - Rewards, £38 1s.
A Canoe (5)
SEPTEMBER 9TH. - SHOREHAM HARBOUR, SUSSEX. Two boys in a canoe had capsized, but they reached the shore unaided.
- Rewards, £7 1s..
A Fishing Boat With Another Boat in Tow
JUNE 15TH. - HASTINGS, SUSSEX. A fishing boat with another boat in tow had been reported broken down, but the boats were able to go on their way. - Rewards, £20 1s. 3d..
French Fishing Vessels
Ramsgate, Kent.—At 5.19 on the evening of the 18th June, 1951, the coxswain reported that a French fish- ing vessel had gone on the Brake Sands. At 5.24 the life-boat Mary Scott, on temporary duty at the station, left her moorings. The sea...
A Rubber Dinghy (1)
NOVEMBER 26TH. - APPLEDORE, AND CLOVELLY, DEVON. A rubber dinghyhad been reported firing distress flares, but nothing could be found. - Rewards, Appledore, £9 12s. ; Clovelly, £20 12s..