LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
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Plymouth, Devon. — 26th October.
Strange lights had been seen, but it was learned that they were being used by a party who were trying to rescue a cow which had fallen over the cliffs on to the shore.—Rewards, £2 12s....
Asia (1)
The Humber, and Bridlington, Yorkshire.
—26th August, 1939. Rockets hadbeen seen, but the life-boats could find nothing. On her way back the Humber life-boat found the small racing yacht Asia, of Brough, which had lost her...
The Steamers Nicolaos Giancos and Brarena
NOV. 22ND. - WALMER, KENT. Two foreign steamers, the Nicolaos Giancos, of Greece, and the Norwegian tanker Brarena, had been in collision, but neither needed help.
- Rewards, £14 12s. 6d..
A Steamer (7)
MARCH 24TH. - ST. DAVID’S, PEMBROKESHIRE.
A steamer had been reported in distress north of the South Bishop Lighthouse, but no vessel in need of help was found. - Rewards, £6 12s..
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AUGUST 24TH. - MARGATE, KENT. A German airman had come down by parachute, but he was picked up by a motor boat.
- Rewards, £5 12s. 6d.
(See Herne Bay, “ Services by Shore-boats”, page 140,).
Tortuguero and The American Steamer Clifford E. Ashby
APRIL 4TH. - WALMER, KENT. The Glasgow steamer Tortuguero and the American steamer Clifford E. Ashby had been in collision and both had been damaged, but they did not need the life-boat’s help. - Rewards.
£14 12s....
An Aeroplane (87)
NOVEMBER 27TH. - BUCKIE, BANFFSHIRE.
An aeroplane had crashed into the sea, but nothing was found except a body and a rubber dinghy, which were picked up by an R.A.F. rescue launch. - Rewards, £15 12s..
An Aeroplane (190)
DECEMBER 27TH. - HARTLEPOOL, DURHAM, AND REDCAR, YORKSHIRE.
Flares had been seen and an aeroplane was believed to be in the sea, but the life-boats found nothing, and later it was learned that a German aeroplane had been...
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AUGUST 25TH. - CLOGHER HEAD, CO. LOUTH. A woman had been carried out of her depth while bathing, but she was drowned before the life-boat could reach her,and her body was recovered from the shore.
- Rewards, £8...
A French Trawler
Sennen Cove, Cornwall; and St.
Mary's, Scilly Islands. At 8.12 on the evening of the 28th June, 1961, the coastguard informed the Sennen Cove honorary secretary that the Southern Rescue Coordination Centre at Ply- mouth...