LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Barge (1)
DECEMBER 16TH. - GOURDON, KINCARDINESHIRE.
A large flat bottom barge was drifting, but no one was on board.- Rewards, £15 11s..
A Trawler (1)
JANUARY 29TH. - BARROW, LANCASHIRE.
A trawler had gone aground, but she refloated and did not need help.- Rewards, £4 19s. 6d..
A Spitfire Aeroplane (1)
APRIL 10TH. - LYTHAM - ST. ANNES, LANCASHIRE. A Spitfire aeroplane had been reported down off Lytham, but nothing was found. - Rewards, £8 1s. 6d..
The S.S. Rynana (1)
JANUARY 22ND. - RAMSGATE, AND WALMER, KENT. At 10.55 A.M. a message was received at Ramsgate from the coastguard that H.M. Destroyer Brilliant had reported that the S.S. Rynana, of Limerick, was aground a mile west of the East Goodwins Light...
A Minesweeper (1)
JULY 21ST. - LYTHAM - ST. ANNES, LANCASHIRE. At 9.45 P.M. the harbour master reported that a minesweeper was aground east of Gut Gas Buoy. A strong S.W. breeze was blowing, with a rough sea.
Another message said that the...
A Dinghy (1)
JULY 9TH. - MARGATE, KENT. An empty, waterlogged, rubber dinghy was picked up, and it was learned that an airman had been saved by an Admiralty trawler and a dead body picked up by an Admiralty yacht. - Rewards, £5 11s. 6d..
An Aeroplane's Dinghy (1)
APRIL 20TH. - NEWQUAY, CORNWALL.
At 12.37 in the afternoon the coastguard reported that an aeroplane towing a target had come down in the sea about two miles west of the harbour. Most of the regular life-boat crew were out...
A Rowing Boat (1)
JULY 12TH. - PORTRUSH, CO. ANTRIM.
A small rowing boat of Ballycastle was missing, but no trace of her could be found.- Rewards, £8 8s..
A Fishing Vessel (1)
NOVEMBER 26TH. - ARKLOW, CO. WICKLOW.
A fishing vessel had been reported in distress, but got out of her difficulties without help. - Rewards, £15 10s. 6d..
A Vessel (1)
FEBRUARY 11TH. - LONGHOPE, ORKNEYS.
A vessel had been reported on fire, but the fire was on shore on Eday Island.- Rewards, £14 11s..