LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
None (18)
MARCH 4TH. - ANSTRUTHER, FIFESHIRE.
A naval aeroplane had been reported down in the sea, but a later message said that all aeroplanes had been accounted for, and the life-boat was recalled. - Rewards, £8 11s..
An Aeroplane (84)
MAY 15TH. - THE HUMBER, YORKSHIRE.
A German Junkers 88 aeroplane had come down in the convoy anchorage, but two members of her crew were picked up from their rubber boat by the balloon ship Wengen, and the two others were...
A Steamer (19)
JUNE 11TH. - SCARBOROUGH, YORKSHIRE.
A steamer had been badly damaged by a German aeroplane, but a destroyer had taken off her crew, and was standing by until a tug came. - Rewards, £32 1s..
Newbiggin
NEWBIGGIN, NORTHUMBERLAND On the 4th February, 1940, the Newbiggin life-boat rescued the crew of eleven of the motor vessel Eminent, of Antwerp.
SECOND COXSWAIN GEORGE R. TAYLOR, acting as coxswain, was awarded the silver...
Category: Medals
An R.A.F. Aeroplane (3)
APRIL 14TH. - THE HUMBER, YORKSHIRE, AND SKEGNESS, LINCOLNSHIRE.
An R.A.F. aeroplane had been reported down in the sea several miles off Mablethorpe, but nothing could be found.- Rewards : - Skegness, £8 1s. 6d. ; The...
An Aeroplane (88)
AUGUST 1 3TH. - ALDEBURGH, SUFFOLK.
A Hurricane aeroplane had come down some fifteen miles east of Orfordness, but the life-boat was recalled a few minutes after launching. - Rewards, £11 4s..
A Trawler (1)
SEPTEMBER 20TH. - ARRANMORE, CO.
DONEGAL. A trawler had been reported in distress twenty-five miles north-west of Tory Island, but nothing could be found.- Rewards, £15 8s. 6d..
A Coaster and a Trawler
NOVEMBER 5TH. - BARROW, LANCASHIRE.
A. coaster and trawler had gone aground on Walney Island, but both vessels refloated with the rising tide and were able to go on their way. - Rewards, £4 19s. 6d..
A Steamer (41)
NOVEMBER 11TH. - THE MUMBLES GLAMORGANSHIRE. A steamer had been reported on fire, but several attempts to reach her in a westerly gale of hurricane force were unsuccessful, and after cruising round for some hours the life-boat...
A Landing Craft (1)
JANUARY 10TH. - PORTPATRICK, WIGTOWNSHIRE, AND KIRKCUDBRIGHT.
A landing craft had been reported missing, but nothing was found. Then bodies were washed ashore. The landing craft had foundered in a gale and all her crew of...