LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Yacht (1)
MAY 29TH. - ALDEBURGH, SUFFOLK.
A yacht had gone ashore in a dangerous position but she was refloated without the life-boat’s help.-Rewards, £29 15s. 6d..
An Admiralty Trawler (1)
MARCH 6TH. - NEWHAVEN, SUSSEX.
An Admiralty trawler escorting a convoy had struck a mine, but the survivors were picked up by another escort. - Rewards, £8 15s..
An Aeroplane (68)
APRIL 29TH. - HOLY ISLAND, NORTHUMBERLAND.
A Spitfire aeroplane had crashed into the sea, but only a large patch of oil was found. - Rewards, £7 15s. 6d..
A Motor Barge
.JANUARY 16TH. - WALTON AND FRINTON, ESSEX. A motor barge had been reported in distress, but she went on her way without waiting for help. - Rewards, £11 15s..
A Boat (1)
JUNE 3RD. - DOVER, KENT. A small boat was reported to have broken down, it was believed, with troops from Dunkirk on board, but nothing could be found. - Rewards, £3 15s..
An Aeroplane (48)
JULY 19TH. - SHOREHAM HARBOUR, SUSSEX. A R.A.F. aeroplane had come down off Littlehampton, but the life-boat was recalled as the pilot had got ashore without help. - Rewards, £7 15s. 6d..
An Aeroplane (14)
FEBRUARY 12TH. - SCARBOROUGH, YORKSHIRE. A British aeroplane had been reported down in the sea, but nothing could be found. - Rewards, £25 15s. 3d.
A FishingYawl
MAY 7TH. - KILLYBEGS, CO.bDONEGAL. A fishing yawl, with a crew of six, was overdue in a gale, but she made land without help. - Rewards, £8 15s.
The Final Trials of the Motor Tractor
By Captain HOWARD F. J. ROWLEY, C.B.E., R.N., Chief Inspector of Life-boats.
I GAVE an account, in The Life-Boat for May, 1920, of the reasons which had led the Institution to look for some mechanical means for launching...
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The S.S. Flying Enterprise
The Lizard, Cadgwith, and Falmouth, Cornwall.—The S.S. Flying Enterprise, of New York, had been drifting help- lessly in the Atlantic Ocean for over a week, with only her captain on board.
She was listing very heavily. On...