LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
1908
1908 One of the First Three Motor Life-Boats A 43-Feet Watson Boat With A 40 HP Petrol Engine Stationed at Broughty Ferry Cost £3400. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
A Fishing Boat
Redcar, Yorkshire 21st February.
A fishing boat had stranded, but did not want the life-boat's help.— Rewards, £19 14s. 6d..
None (7)
Lowestoft, Suffolk.—25th May. Reports were heard out at sea, but were found to come from gunboats at practice.—Expenses defrayed by the Admiralty..
None (6)
Arklow. Co. Wicklow.—27th October.
Signals had been reported from the Arklow lightship, but help was not needed.—Rewards, £8 8s. 6d..
A Small Boat (5)
Southend'on-Sea, Essex.-—30th September, 1938. A small boat had been reported missing, but the boat returned unaided.—Rewards, £20 18s. 6d..
A Yacht (2)
Dungeness, Kent. — 13th December, 1937. A yacht had been reported in distress and drove ashore. Her crew were rescued by the coastguard rocket life - saving appliances. —• Rewards, £16 14*. 6d..
A Steamer
Aldeburgh, Suffolk.—24th March, 1938.
A leaking steamer had had to be beached on the Shipwash Sands, but had been helped by a tug.—Rewards, £22 14*. 6d..
None (2)
Caister, Norfolk. — 6th May, 1938.
During the night an explosion was heard at sea, but nothing was found.—- Rewards, £29 5s..
A Barge
llth July. A barge's sails had been damaged by a squall, but the master was able to go on without help.—Rewards, £14 15s. Qd..
A Boat (1)
The Lizard, Cornwall.—25th July.
A small boat was in distress, but was picked up by a steamer.—Rewards, £17 6s..