LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
£1,000,000 to Be Spent
When these changes have been made the life-boat fleet will be more powerful, safer and better equipped than ever before. The cost will be about £1,000,000..
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A British Anson Aeroplane (3)
DECEMBER 15TH. - PORTHDINLLAEN, CAERNARVONSHIRE. A British Anson aeroplane had come down in the sea, but her crew were rescued by a steamer. - Rewards, £8 4s..
A Boat (5)
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 Large Pontoon
FEBRUARY 4TH. - DUNMORE EAST, CO. WATERFORD. A large pontoon was drifting south-east of Hook, but no one was on board. - Rewards, £5 16s. 6d.
A Yacht (12)
SEPTEMBER 17TH. - CROMARTY. A yacht had been seen showing red flares, but she was taken in tow by a fishing vessel.- Rewards, £6 5s. (See Burghead, “Services by Shore-boats,” page 78.).
A Steamer (49)
DECEMBER 31ST. - ARRANMORE, CO. DONEGAL. An unknown steamer had been torpedoed 12 miles north west of Horr Head, but she was towed to safety by a tug.- Rewards, £22 19s. 6d..
A Minesweeper (4)
NOVEMBER 28TH . - THE HUMBER, YORKSHIRE. A minesweeper had struck a mine and sank, but the crew were picked up by another minesweeper. - Permanent paid crew. Rewards, 6s. 9d.
A Vessel (39)
DECEMBER 16TH. - CAMPBELTOWN, ARGYLLSHIRE. An unknown vessel was reported to need help 13 miles N.W. of Mull of Kintyre, t nothing was found. - Rewards, £19 15s. 6d.
An Aeroplane (170)
NOVEMBER 4TH. - THE HUMBER, YORKSHIRE. An aeroplane had been reported down in the sea, but nothing could be found. - Permanent paid crew. Rewards, 4s.. 6d.
A Fighter Aeroplane
FEBRUARY 5TH. - SHERINGHAM, NORFOLK. A fighter aeroplane had been reported to have crashed in the sea, but nothing was seen and the life-boat was recalled by a wireless message. - Rewards, £24 11s.