LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Boat
MARCH 31ST. - SHOREHAM HARBOUR, SUSSEX. A boat had capsized off Brighton, but a fishing boat picked up the crew of two as well as the boat. - Rewards, £8 3s.
(See Brighton, “Services by Shore-boats,” page...
An Aeroplane (5)
JULY 3RD. - BEAUMARIS, AND HOLYHEAD, ANGLESEY. A wrecked aeroplane had been reported in the sea about twenty miles north of the Skerries, but nothing could be found. - Rewards : Beaumaris, £11 11s. 9d. ; Holyhead, £6 5s..
Two Dinghies
AUGUST 4TH. - THE HUMBER, YORKSHIRE.
Two dinghies had been reported in difficulties, one off Sutton-on-Sea, the other north of Mablethorpe, but both were picked up by other boats. - Permanent paid...
None (43)
SEPTEMBER 26TH. - RAMSGATE, AND MARGATE, KENT. A Halifax aeroplane had been reported to have crashed in the sea, but it had come down on the Belgian coast.- Rewards : Ramsgate, £12 3s. 6d. ; Margate, £17 3s. 6d..
Rewards for Belgian Fishermen
Two Belgian fishermen at Lytham-St, Anncs went out to the help of a capsized dinghy and, with great difficulty, rescued three men clinging to the keel.
They have been rewarded..
Category: Articles
A Yacht (1)
MAY 17TH. - CROMER, NORFOLK. An aeroplane had come down in the sea, and a minesweeper which had seen the crash found wreckage, but no survivors were found.- Rewards, £16 5s. 6d.
(See Sheringham, “ Services by...
Services by Life-boats
Services by the Life-boats of the Institution and by Shore-boats during 1941 During the year life-boats were launched 747 times. Of these launches 481 were to vessels and aeroplanes in distress through attack by the enemy or from other...
Category: Services
A Steamer (2)
JANUARY 15TH. - DONAGHADEE, CLOUGHEY, AND NEWCASTLE, CO. DOWN. A steamer had gone ashore. The life-boats searched in the fog without finding her, for she had got off and had gone on her way to Belfast. - Rewards : Donaghadee, £20 0S. 6d...
Adamantios J. Pithis
JANUARY 27TH. - ANGLE, PEMBROKESHIRE.
The Greek steamer Adamantios J. Pithis, of Chios, had been totally wrecked at St. Ann’s Head, but a naval patrol vessel had picked up the crew. - Rewards, £8 18s.
A Naval Motor Boat
JULY 14TH. - NEWQUAY, CORNWALL.
A naval motor boat had been reported missing, but the life-boat was recalled when it was learned that the motor boat had reached Bude. - Rewards, £24 6s..