LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Minesweeper (6)
NOVEMBER 29TH. - SELSEY, SUSSEX.
A British aeroplane was reported to have been shot down in the sea and the pilot to be drifting in a rubber boat off East Beach, but nothing could be found. - Rewards, £18 10s. 6d..<...
Salcombe
SALCOMBE, DEVON On the 4th December, 1943, the Salcombe life-boat rescued the crew of eleven of the Admiralty salvage craft L.C.18.
COXSWAIN EDWIN WILLIAM DISTIN was awarded the bronze medal,.
Category: Medals
A British Aeroplane (2)
MAY 7TH. - HOLYHEAD, ANGLESEY.
A British aeroplane had come down in the sea, but her crew of three were rescued by motor launches and a seaplane. - Rewards, £2 10s..
A Chesapeake R.N.A.S. Aeroplane
DECEMBER 18TH. - ANSTRUTHER, FIFESHIRE.
A Chesapeake R.N.A.S. aeroplane had crashed. The life-boat searched in the darkness, but found nothing. Next morning two bodies were found on the beach.- Rewards, £24 1s. 6d..<...
An Aeroplane (12)
APRIL 7TH. - THURSO, CAITHNESSSHIRE.
An aeroplane had been reported in distress and a white flare seen, but while searching the life-boat was recalled by the naval authorities. - Rewards, £8 18s..
A Fishing Coble
MAY 20TH. - BRIDLINGTON, YORKSHIRE.
A fishing coble had been disabled by the loss of her propeller, but she was taken in tow by another fishing boat. - Rewards, £4 10s..
None (33)
JUNE 6TH. - WEYMOUTH, DORSET.
Airmen had baled out from a British bombing aeroplane returning from the invasion of France, but some of them had already been rescued by Portland fishermen. - Rewards, £4 7s. 6d. (See...
A Fishing Boat (3)
AUGUST 6TH. - PORTRUSH, CO. ANTRIM.
A fishing boat had been reported missing, but she was found by the Malin Head auxiliary rescue-boat. - Rewards, £5 1s. (See Malin Head, “Services by Auxiliary Rescueboats,” page 68.)...
A Fishing Boat (7)
NOVEMBER 6TH. - ROSSLARE HARBOUR, CO. WEXFORD. A fishing boat had been reported in difficulties, but her anchor held and she sailed home on the following day. - Partly paid permanent crew.
Rewards, £6 18s....
A Trawler (1)
DECEMBER 8TH. - STORNOWAY, HEBRIDES.
A trawler had been reported ashore near Sheshader, but of her crew of thirteen, two got to land in the trawler’s boat and the remainder were saved by a boat from the shore. - Rewards,...