LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Aeroplanes (4)
AUGUST 18TH. - BEMBRIDGE, ISLE OF WIGHT. Aeroplanes had been reported down in the sea after an air battle, but nothing could be found. - Rewards, £4 13s.
(See Ventnor, “ Services by Shore-boats “, page 149.).
A Naval Patrol Trawler
OCTOBER 22ND. - RUNSWICK, YORKSHIRE.
A naval patrol trawler had gone aground on Kettleness Point during fog, but she refloated without help and continued her patrol. - Rewards, £36 16s. 6d..
A Flying Boat (2)
OCTOBER 29TH. - LONGHOPE, ORKNEYS, AND THURSO, CAITHNESSSHIRE.
A British flying boat had crashed as her petrol was exhausted, but two trawlers rescued her crew. - Rewards : Longhope, £24 11s. 6d. ; Thurso, £20 19s...
A Steamer (42)
NOVEMBER 21ST. - PORTPATRICK, WIGTOWNSHIRE.
A steamer had sent out a distress call as her engine had broken down, but she was soon able to go on her way, and cancelled the call. - Rewards, £5 4s..
Liseta and The American Steamer Ranci Vigo
FEBRUARY 15TH. - MARGATE, KENT.
The Dutch tanker Liseta had been torpedoed, but the survivors of her crew were picked up by an escort vessel. A boat from the American steamer Ranci Vigo was found broken down, and was towed...
Phirsaparoea, of Curacoa and American Steamer Pomona Victory
NOVEMBER 2ND. - RAMSGATE, KENT.
Two vessels, the motor ship Phirsaparoea, of Curacoa, and the American steamer Pomona Victory, had been in collision, but did not need the life-boat. - Rewards, £11 17s..
Two Fighter Aeroplanes
DECEMBER 19TH. - PORTRUSH, CO. ANTRIM.
Two fighter aeroplanes had crashed in the sea, but though wreckage was picked up by a motor launch, and oil patches were seen, no survivors could be found. - Rewards, £12 15s..<...
A Ship's Boat (1)
FEBRUARY 6TH. - PADSTOW, CORNWALL.
An aeroplane’s crew had been reported seen on a float, but they proved to be twelve men in a ship’s boat who were landed by a motor boat from Port Isaac.- Rewards, £8 10s. (See Port...
Two Aeroplanes
MARCH 9TH. - PADSTOW, CORNWALL.
Two aeroplanes had crashed in the sea, but one airman was rescued by a Walrus amphibious aeroplane, and the life-boat found nothing.- Rewards, £2 10s..
A Vessel (6)
AUGUST 12TH. - CROMER, NORFOLK.
A vessel’s engine had broken down, but the owners had sent another vessel to her help and she towed her in. - Rewards, £8 3s. 6d..