LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

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Bembridge, Isle of Wight. —12th September, 1938. A flying-boat from South Africa had come down on account of fog, but she did not need help.—Rewards, £5 9s..

7th June. A trawler, with her halyards and gear loose in the rigging, was believed to be in distress, but was found not to need help.—Rewards, £6 7s. 6d..

NOVEMBER 29TH. - WELLS, NORFOLK.

A British aeroplane had come down in the sea, but the help of the life-boat was not needed. - Rewards, £16 14s. 6d..

APRIL 9TH. - DUNGENESS, KENT. The American steamer Solomon Juneau had been torpedoed and one man had been blown overboard, but the life-boat could not find him. - Rewards, £26 6s..

OCTOBER 12TH. - YARMOUTH, ISLE OF WIGHT. A landing craft had made SOS signals, but later found that she did not need help. - Rewards, £6 13s..

On the 26th November, 1939, the Dover life-boat rescued the crew of sixteen of H.M. Trawler Blackburn Rovers.

COXSWAIN COLIN H. BRYANT was awarded the silver medal.

LIEUTENANT RICHARD WALKER, R.N.R.,...

£528,726 was the highest income the Institution has ever had. Here is another record, the lowest. There has never been a post which has not brought contributions, but by the morning post on July 27th there was only one, a postal older...