LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Motor Vessel (1)
JANUARY 25TH. - CLOGHER HEAD, CO.
LOUTH. A motor vessel was reported to be in distress fourteen miles south-east of the life-boat station, but the help of the lifeboat was not needed. - Rewards, £5 3s..
The French Cargo Steamer Commandant Charles Merie
FEBRUARY 4TH. - ALDEBURGH, SUFFOLK.
The French cargo steamer Commandant Charles Merie had been mined six miles N.E. of Sunk Light-vessel, but her crew of twenty-nine were picked up by a Dutch motor vessel. - Rewards,...
Emma and a Motor Boat
JUNE 2ND. - DOVER, KENT. The lifeboat rescued twenty-three men from the Swedish steamer Emma and fifteen. British soldiers from a disabled motor boat.
For details see “ Evacuation of Men of the British Expeditionary Force...
An Aeroplane (130)
SEPTEMBER 24TH. - RUNSWICK, YORKSHIRE.
A British bomber aeroplane was reported to have crashed into the sea twelve miles north of Runswick, but nothing was found. - Rewards, £9 0S. 6d..
A Convoy
OCTOBER 2ND. - PETERHEAD, ABERDEENSHIRE.
A south-bound convoy had been attacked by German aeroplane; and one of the aeroplanes had been brought down, but a destroyer picked up the survivors of its crew, and there were no...
None (10)
FEBRUARY 23RD. - CAMPBELTOWN, ARGYLLSHIRE, AND GIRVAN, AYRSHIRE.
A red light had been reported and information was received that a man had fallen overboard from an aircraft carrier, but nothing was found. - Rewards :...
A Fortress Aeroplane
MARCH 6TH. - CAISTER, NORFOLK.
While the life-boat crew were standing by during air operations a Fortress aeroplane was seen to crash, but the life-boat found no survivors. - Rewards, £18 17s..
An Aeroplane (13)
APRIL 13TH. - BARROW, LANCASHIRE.
An aeroplane had been reported down, but a high-speed launch from Fleetwood picked up the five survivors. - Rewards, £13 19s. (See Millom, “Services of Auxiliary Rescue-boats,” page 66...
A Burning Aeroplane
JULY 13TH. - PORTRUSH, CO. ANTRIM.
A burning aeroplane had been reported several miles north of Inistrahull, but nothing could be found. - Rewards, £8 17s. (See Malin Head, “Services by Auxiliary Rescueboats,” page...
A British Warwick Aeroplane (1)
NOVEMBER 17TH. - LERWICK, SHETLANDS.
A British Warwick aeroplane had made a forced landing on the sea, but while the life-boat was searching she learned, by wireless, that the crew had been rescued.- Rewards, £20 0s....