LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
An Aeroplane (36)
MARCH 1 9TH. - PADSTOW, CORNWALL.
An aeroplane had come down in the sea, but the pilot was rescued by a fishing boat. - Rewards, £6 4s.
(See Port Isaac, “ Services by Shore-boats,” page 95.).
None (13)
MARCH 29TH. - LLANDUDNO, CAERNARVONSHIRE, AND RHYL, FLINTSHIRE.
Airmen were reported to have baled out over the sea, but the life-boats found nothing. - Rewards : Llandudno, £21 13s. 6d. ; Rhyl, £27 9s....
An Aeroplane (42)
APRIL 7TH. - FRASERBURGH, ABERDEENSHIRE.
An aeroplane had been reported down in the sea and later a red rocket was seen, but on receiving a wireless signal that none of our aeroplanes was missing the life-boat returned. -...
A Vessel
JANUARY 24TH. - ANGLE, PEMBROKESHIRE.
The naval authorities called for the life-boat to stand by a vessel east of Stack Rock, but no vessel in need of help could be found. - Rewards, £18 10s. 6d..
H.M.S. Astronomer
JUNE. 1ST, WICK. CAITHNESS-SHIRE.
An explosion had been heard on board H.M.S. Astronomer, thirty miles away, but the life-boat found nothing, and it was learnt later that the survivors had been picked up by trawlers. -...
Naval Motor Launch No.109
OCTOBER 30TH. -THE HUMBER, YORKSHIRE.
A naval motor launch, No. 109, had struck a mine and had sunk. Six survivors had been picked up by another launch ; and nothing could be found of the others.- Permanent paid crew....
An Aeroplane (180)
NOVEMBER 16TH. - MARGATE, KENT.
An aeroplane had come down off Cliff End Point, a mile from the shore, but the airmen got to land in their rubber boats. - Rewards, £15..
Launches of Life-boats and Lives Rescued
Life-boats were launched to ships in distress 3,760 times. Of these launches 2,212 were to ships in distress through attack by the enemy or from other causes due to the war. Life-boats rescued 6,376 lives..
Category: Services
An Aeroplane (51)
DECEMBER 11TH. - ILFRACOMBE, DEVON. An aeroplane had been reported down, but the life-boat was recalled when it was known that the airmen had been saved.
- Rewards, £12 8s. 6d..
An Aeroplane (172)
NOVEMBER 8TH . - FRASERBURGH, ABERDEENSHIRE. An aeroplane had been reported down in the sea thirty-seven miles in a N.E. direction from Kinnaird Head, but nothing was found. The life-boat was out for ten and a half hours. - Rewards, £23...