LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Georg, of Kiel
AUGUST 6TH. - BOULMER, NORTHUMBERLAND.
The motor tanker Georg, of Kiel, had been forced by bad weather and trouble with her engine to leave a convoy and seek shelter, but she was able to repair the engine and go on her way....
Gardar and Miguel de Larrinaga
MAY 21ST. -WICK, CAITHNESS-SHIRE.
The trawler Gardar, of Iceland, had been sunk in collision with the steamer Miguel de Larrinaga, but the latter picked up the majority of the Gardar’s crew, and the lifeboat found only...
A Beaufort Fighter Aeroplane
JULY 6TH. - THE HUMBER, YORKSHIRE.
A Beaufort fighter aeroplane bad come down in the sea, but her crew of two were rescued by a fishing coble which was close by when she crashed. - Partly paid permanent crew. - Rewards,...
An Anson Aeroplane (4)
SEPTEMBER 9TH. - PORTHDINLLAEN, CAERNARVONSHIRE. An Anson training aeroplane had crashed into the sea, but two men in a rowing boat had rescued three of the crew and recovered two bodies. A third body had been left in the aeroplane.- Rewards...
Walmer
WALMER, KENT On the 18th January, 1944, the Walmer life-boat rescued the crew of thirteen of H.M. Anti-submarine boat No. 25.
COXSWAIN JOSEPH R. MERCER was awarded the bronze medal..
Category: Medals
A Vessel
JANUARY 24TH. - ANGLE, PEMBROKESHIRE.
The naval authorities called for the life-boat to stand by a vessel east of Stack Rock, but no vessel in need of help could be found. - Rewards, £18 10s. 6d..
A Wellington Aeroplane
FEBRUARY 23RD. - MARYPORT, CUMBERLAND.
A Wellington aeroplane had crashed in the sea, but four airmen were picked up from a rubber dinghy by an examination vessel, and a fifth man could not be found. - Rewards, £21 18s...
A Spitfire Aeroplane (3)
APRIL 14TH. - LONGHOPE, ORKNEYS ; THURSO, AND WICK, CAITHNESS-SHIRE.
A Spitfire aeroplane had been reported down in the Pentland Firth, but there was a dense fog and nothing could be found - Rewards : Longhope, £9 13s....
None (35)
JUNE 22ND. - SELSEY, SUSSEX. Airmen had baled out from a Liberator aeroplane, but some were saved by speed boats and others presumably came down on land.
- Rewards, £13 5s..
A Camouflaged Motor Launch
JANUARY 13TH. - FISHGUARD, PEMBROKESHIRE.
A small vessel had been reported bumping on the rocks, but she was a camouflaged motor launch dropping depth charges while tracking an enemy submarine, and the life-boat was not...