LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Small Boat (6)
SEPTEMBER 17TH. - GALWAY BAY. A man from the Spanish trawler Masso 18 had been carried out to sea in a small boat, but nothing could be found. - Rewards, £13 16s..
An Aeroplane (9)
APRIL 7TH. - WESTON - SUPER - MARE, SOMERSET. An aeroplane had been reported down in the sea, but nothing could be found. - Rewards, £13 13s..
A Naval Trawler (2)
JULY 8TH. - DOVER, KENT. A naval trawler had been sunk by enemy action, but the only survivor was picked up by a motor torpedo boat. - Partly permanent paid crew ; Rewards, £6 6s.
An Aeroplane (176)
NOVEMBER 9TH. - DUNGENESS, KENT.
During an air battle a German bomber had crashed into the sea, but only a patch of oil could be found. - Rewards, £16 10s..
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..
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.
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.