LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Fishing Boat (5)
NOVEMBER 18TH. - HOWTH, CO. DUBLIN.
A fishing boat’s engine had broken down, but the boat declined help and drifted to safety. - Rewards, £14 6s. 6d..
A British Aeroplane (1)
APRIL 26TH. - ABERYSTWYTH, CARDIGANSHIRE.
A British aeroplane had been reported down in the sea, but nothing was found. - Rewards, £19 3s. 3d..
A Bombing Aeroplane
MAY 12TH. - ALDEBURGH, SUFFOLK.
A bombing aeroplane had crashed in the sea, but only wreckage was found. - Rewards, £41 6s..
A Lancaster Aeroplane (2)
MARCH 22ND. - SKEGNESS, LINCOLNSHIRE.
A Lancaster aeroplane had crashed in the sea off Hunstanton, but nothing was found. - Rewards, £23 18s..
An R.A.S.C. Launch
SEPTEMBER 15TH. - FALMOUTH, CORNWALL.
A semaphore SOS message had been received from an R.A.S.C. launch, but she was taken in tow by another vessel.- Rewards, £4 12s..
None (58)
DECEMBER 17TH. - WALMER, KENT.
Flares had been reported, but nothing could be found. - Rewards, £23 12s. 6d..
A Landing Craft (2)
DECEMBER 28TH. - NEWHAVEN, SUSSEX.
A landing craft had drifted ashore in shallow water, but the life-boat, which went alongside, found no one on board. - Rewards, £13 13s..
The Norwegian Shark Fishing Boat Lestholm
APRIL 7TH. - LERWICK, SHETLANDS.
The Norwegian Shark fishing boat Lestholm had got into difficulties, but was taken in tow by another Norwegian boat. - Rewards, £14 1s..
A Yacht (11)
SEPTEMBER 15TH. - MARGATE, KENT.
A yacht had been reported missing from Herne Bay, but she returned safely. - Rewards, £12 14s..
None (49)
OCTOBER 20TH. - NEWHAVEN, SUSSEX.
Two people had been trapped by the tide, but the coastguard rescued them. - Rewards, £21 16s..