LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
An Aeroplane (52)
DECEMBER 15TH. - SHERINGHAM, NORFOLK.
An aeroplane had been reported down in the sea, but nothing was found, and an aeroplane dropping smoke bombs may have been mistaken for an aeroplane in flames. - Rewards, £29...
Thurso
THURSO, CAITHNESS-SHIRE On the 8th February, 1944, the Thurso life-boat recovered five bodies and rescued two of the crew of the S.S. Freidig, of Norway.
COXSWAIN JOHN MACLEOD was awarded the bronze medal..
Category: Medals
None (57)
OCTOBER 10TH. - AITH, SHETLANDS. A distress signal had been reported, but a long search, in which a naval vessel and a Sunderland aeroplane took part, was without result.
- Rewards, £20 13s. 6d..
An Aeroplane (37)
OCTOBER 2 3RD. - WHITBY, YORKSHIRE.
An aeroplane had been reported down in the sea, but the search, in which a fishing boat also took part, was without result. - Rewards, £11 6s. 6d. (See Whitby, “Services by...
A Steamer (1)
NOVEMBER 4TH. - CROMER, NORFOLK.
The life-boat went out to help in an attempt to salve a steamer which had been stranded since 1939. On the 20th of October she had gone out for the same purpose. The operaions were again...
A Fighter Aeroplane (1)
MARCH 31ST. - LOWESTOFT, SUFFOLK.
A fighter aeroplane had fallen into the sea, but only a pair of gloves was picked up and patches of oil seen. - Rewards, £3 16s..
Two Danish Fishing Vessels
AUGUST 6TH. - HARTLEPOOL, DURHAM.
Two Danish fishing vessels had been reported making heavy weather, but the lifeboat could not find them. They had made for the River Tyne. - Rewards, £11 18s. 6d..
A Schooner
FEBRUARY 7TH. - BARROW, LANCASHIRE.
A schooner had been reported drifting with all her sails gone, but she was found to be using her auxiliary engine with her masts bare. - Rewards, £9 18s..
A Sailing Yacht
JULY 20TH. - PORT ASKAIG, HEBRIDES.
A sailing yacht had been dismasted, but there was no danger to life and the lifeboat helped the yacht to Crinan. - Property salvage case..
A Rubber Float
AUGUST 14TH. - BARRY DOCK, GLAMORGANSHIRE.
A girl had been reported to have been carried out to sea on a rubber float, but nothing could be found. - Rewards, £14 1s. 9d..