LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Small Sailing Boat
27th No- vember. A search was made for a small sailing boat. She was found bottom up and the two men on board were already drowned.—Rewards, £11 14s..
A Ship
Southend-on-Sea, Essex.—12th September.
A ship had been reported ashore on the Knob Sands, but she could not be found.—Rewards, £13..
A Dutch Motor Vessel
Ramsgate, Kent.—9th April, 1939.
A Dutch motor vessel had been reported near the Goodwins, but she could not be found.—Rewards, £5 8s..
An Aeroplane (5)
Donaghadee, Co. Down.—4th June, 1939. An aeroplane had been reported to have fallen into the sea, but later news was received that she was safe.— Rewards, £4 10s..
Mrs Helen Preston
NOVEMBER 1988: Mrs Helen Preston, honorary secretary of Wincanton branch since 1970 when the branch was formed. She was awarded a silver badge in 1981..
Category: Obituaries
An Admiralty Motor Vessel
APRIL 12TH. - CROMARTY. The engine of an Admiralty motor vessel had broken down, but she was towed in by another vessel. - Rewards, £6 5s..
A Motor Boat (1)
DECEMBER 4TH. - FERRYSIDE, CARMARTHENSHIRE.
A motor boat owned by mooring contractors to the R.A.F. was overdue, but later she was reported to be safe. - Rewards, £16 19s..
A Vessel (5)
JANUARY 30TH . - SCARBOROUGH, YORKSHIRE. A vessel was reported to have been bombed, but the life-boat could find nothing. A German bomber flew close above her as she was searching. - Rewards, £21 13s.
A Steamer (6)
FEBRUARY 26TH. - SENNEN COVE, CORNWALL. A steamer which was making water had called for help, but she was able to get the leak under control without help.- Rewards, £12.
A Steamer (4)
FEBRUARY 6TH. - CROMER, NORFOLK.
A steamer had stranded twenty-two miles east from Cromer, but she refloated before the life-boat reached her. - Rewards £21 14s. 6d.