LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
An Aeroplane (1)
Dungeness, Kent, and Hastings, Sussex.
—15th September, 1938. A steamer had reported that an aeroplane had come down in the sea, but nothing could be found.—Rewards: Dungeness,.
None (2)
Thurso, Caithness-shire. — 21st July, 1939. Distress signals had been reported between Stroma and Pentland Skerries, but the life-boat could find nothing.—Rewards, £9 11s..
A Vessel (1)
Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire. —• 15th September, 1939. A message had been received that a vessel was in distress through enemy action, but the life-boat found that her help was not required.—Rewards, £5 15s. 6d..
A Motor Yacht
9th October. A motor yacht with .two small boats in tow needed help, and before the life-boat arrived it was given by two boats from Amble.—Rewards, £20 7s..
Two Fishing Boats
23rd Nov- ember. Two fishing boats had run on the rocks in a fog, but were helped off by other boats.—Rewards, £16 14s.
A Fishing Boat (1)
20th December.
A fishing boat was overdue, but made port while the life-boat was searching in a thick fog.—Rewards, £36 6s. lOd.
None (5)
Explosions due to the dispersing of a wreck in foggy weather were mis- taken for distress signals by a light- vessel.—Rewards, £21 6s..
A Spanish Steamer
27th February.
The Spanish steamer Luchana, of Bilbao, dragged her anchors, but did not require help.—Rewards, £6 13s..
Rescued from a Danish Steamer
Miss Anne Lise Verndal and her mother. Twenty-seven in all were rescued by the Anstruther motor life-boat. - View image in PDF
(See opposite page.). - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
A Small Boat (4)
Kirkcudbright. — 2nd October. A small boat in which a man had gone fishing had been washed ashore empty, but no trace of the man could be found.—Rewards, £16 2s. 6d..