LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Gifts from Overseas
Among places overseas from which the Institution has had gifts recently, are King Williams Town (South Africa), Northern Rhodesia, Kenya, New Zealand, Basutoland, Melbourne, Texas, Guatemala, New York and Buenos Aires..
Category: Articles
An Aeroplane’s Dinghy (1)
DECEMBER 18TH. - ST. MARY’S, SCILLY ISLES. An aeroplane’s dinghy had been reported some miles S.W. of the Bishop Rock, but nothing was found. - Rewards, £12 4s. 6d..
A Boat (6)
DECEMBER 31ST. - RHYL, FLINTSHIRE, AND HOYLAKE, CHESHIRE. A boat with twenty men on board had been reported adrift in the Dee Channel, but nothing was found. - Rewards : Rhyl. £20 15s. ; Hoylake, £31 3s. 6d..
An Aeroplane (40)
DEC. 18TH. - CROMER, SHERINGHAM, AND WELLS, NORFOLK. An aeroplane had been reported down in the sea, but she could not be found. - Rewards : Cromer, £39 13s. 6d. ; Sheringham, £37 14s. Wells, £30 9s. 6d..
A Vessel (1)
FEBRUARY 26TH. - TENBY, PEM-BROKESHIRE. A vessel had been reported sinking after being attacked by a German aeroplane, but a passing merchant vessel picked up the crew. - Rewards, £20 4s.
A Trawler (7)
AUG. 28TH. - PETERHEAD, ABERDEENSHIRE.
A trawler had gone on the rocks, but she refloated unaided. - Rewards, £4 11s.
Two Fishing Boats
MAY 22ND. - WICK, CAITHNESSSHIRE.
Two fishing boats, one towing the other, had got into difficulties, but both made Lybster harbour without help. - Rewards, £4 7s. 6d..
An Aeroplane (8)
FEBRUARY 19TH. - BARMOUTH, MERIONETHSHIRE. An aeroplane was reported to have crashed in the sea, but nothing could be found. - Rewards, £26 11s. 6d.
An Aeroplane (47)
NOVEMBER 26TH . - BERWICK-ONTWEED, NORTHUMBERLAND. An aeroplane had been reported down in the sea, but a search, in which a launch and aircraft also took part, was without success.- Rewards, £6 12s..
None (33)
OCTOBER 14TH. - NEW BRIGHTON, CHESHIRE. A buoy had broken adrift with four boys on board, but as the tide ebbed they were able to get ashore. - Rewards, £7 3s..