LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Steamer (3)
MAY 8TH. - PORTPATRICK, WIGTOWNSHIRE.
A steamer had gone ashore, but she got off and was taken in tow by another vessel, which brought her to a sheltered position and there beached her. - Rewards, £12 3s..
A Dutch Motor Vessel
AUGUST 20TH. - PENLEE, CORNWALL.
A Dutch motor vessel was in difficulties with her engine, but she was able to go on her way without help. - Rewards, £9 0S. 6d..
A Fishing Boat (3)
NOVEMBER 2ND. - BALLYCOTTON, CO.
CORK. A fishing boat had been delayed by an engine breakdown, but got in, unseen by the life-boat, in a fog. - Rewards, £13 14s. 6d..
A British Wellington Aeroplane
MARCH 28TH. - CROMARTY. A British Wellington aeroplane had crashed in the sea, but nothing was found by the life-boat.
Other boats picked up one survivor and two bodies. - Rewards, £4 5s. 6d..
A British Wellington Bombing Aeroplane (1)
AUGUST 26TH. - BARMOUTH, MERIONETHSHIRE, AND PWLLHELI, CAERNARVONSHIRE.
A British Wellington bombing aeroplane had come down in the sea, but an R.A.F. launch rescued her seven men from a rubber dinghy. - Rewards : Barmouth,...
A Fishing Boat (1)
FEBRUARY 8TH. - DUNGENESS, KENT.
A fishing boat with two men aboard left Rye for Camber but did not arrive. In bitter weather the life-boat searched without success for several hours. - Rewards, £32 0S. 6d..
Two Steamers (2)
MARCH 1 S T . - FILEY, AND FLAMBOROUGH, YORKSHIRE. Two steamers, one Latvian and the other Norwegian, had been attacked by German aeroplanes.
Nothing could be found of the Latvian steamer, and the Norwegian got into...
An Aeroplane (6)
MARCH 29TH. - CRESSWELL, NORTHUMBERLAND.
An aeroplane, believed to be a German Heinkel bomber, had come down into the sea three-quarters of a mile east of the life-boat station, but nothing could be found. - Rewards,...
Aircraft
AP R I L 1 5 T H . - RAMSGATE, KENT.
Aircraft had been reported down in the sea about thirty miles east of Ramsgate, but the life-boat was recalled by other aircraft which had already made a search. - Rewards, £7 16s....
A Steamer (26)
MAY 10TH. - THE HUMBER, YORKSHIRE.
A steamer had struck a mine, but the eight survivors of her crew of fourteen were landed by two boats which had put out from Withernsea. - Paid permanent crew..