LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

MAY 9TH.. - THE HUMBER, YORKSHIRE.

An aeroplane had crashed into the sea off the Lincolnshire coast, but only wreckage was found. Two shoreboats also took part in the search. (See “ Services by Shoreboats,” Mablethorpe,...

AUG. 28TH. - FRASERBURGH, ABERDEENSHIRE.

A motor fishing boat had been reported ashore, and the life-boat put out in a dense fog, but she was recalled as her help was not needed. - Rewards, £9 13s..

SEPT. 25TH. - HASTINGS, SUSSEX. An aeroplane had been reported down in thechannel between Hastings and Le Treport.

No position was given. The life-boat and two aeroplanes searched for some time. In the meanwhile the...

NOV. 22ND. - WALMER, KENT. Two foreign steamers, the Nicolaos Giancos, of Greece, and the Norwegian tanker Brarena, had been in collision, but neither needed help.

- Rewards, £14 12s. 6d..

DEC. 2ND. - BRIDLINGTON, YORKSHIRE.

A steamer was thought to be in distress fifteen to twenty miles from Bridlington, but the life-boat found that a derelict, with a cargo of oil, had been sunk by the Admiralty. and the oil...

A great example of how a picture can paint a thousand words - Sheringham lifeboatmen share a cup of tea with the rescued crew of the Canadian steamer faglesdiffe Hall. - View image in PDF

Photo; Nfws Chronicle. 30 October 1941. - View image in PDF

DECEMBER 7TH. - SKEGNESS, LINCOLNSHIRE.

An unknown aeroplane was reported to have come down in the sea fifteen miles east of Skegness, but nothing could be found. - Rewards, £29 11s. 6d..

SHERINGHAM, NORFOLK On the 30th October, 1941, the Sheringham life-boat rescued fifteen of the crew of the S.S. Eaglescliffe Hall, of Montreal.

COXSWAIN JAMES E. DUMBLE was awarded the bronze medal..