LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Naval Vessel
AUGUST 27TH. - EASTBOURNE, SUSSEX.
A naval vessel, towing a target for the army, was reported to have fouled some buoys, but she got clear without help.- Rewards, £13 16s..
An Aeroplane (52)
JULY 24TH. - RAMSGATE. KENT. It had been reported that a convoy had been attacked and that an aeroplane had come down, but though the life-boat found that a convoy had been bombed, she could not find any aeroplane. - Rewards, £5 3s..<...
A Fishing Coble
MAY 20TH. - BRIDLINGTON, YORKSHIRE.
A fishing coble had been disabled by the loss of her propeller, but she was taken in tow by another fishing boat. - Rewards, £4 10s..
A Vessel (2)
Buckie, Banffshire.—21st June, 1938.
A vessel had been reported to be burning flares, but she could not be found, and it seems probable that the flares were lights on a fishing boat;— Rewards, £10 6s..
A Motor Fishing Boat (1)
Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire. — 2 81 h August, 1939. A motor fishing boat had been reported ashore, and the lifeboat put out in a dense fog, but she was recalled as her help was not needed.—Rewards, £9 13s..
A Steamer (6)
SEPT. 6TH. - SHOREHAM HARBOUR, SUSSEX. Information had been received that a steamer appeared to have blown up seven miles off Shoreham Harbour, but although the life-boat made a wide search she found nothing. - Rewards, £7...
A Steamer (2)
JANUARY 22ND. - TROON, AYRSHIRE.
A steamer had been reported ashore, but a second message asked that the life-boat should be recalled as she was not needed.- Rewards, £11 14s..
A Fishing Boat and a Dinghy
MARCH 27TH. - TORBAY, DEVON. A vessel coming in reported that she had found a small fishing boat and a dinghy with no one on board, and the life-boat made a wide search for her crew, but found nothing.- Rewards, £4 5s..
A Steamer (1)
JANUARY 11TH. - WALTON AND FRINTON, ESSEX. The coastguard had passed on a message from Ostend Radio that a steamer had signalled that she had struck a mine, but nothing could be found. - Rewards, £10 6s..
A Small Yacht
8th July. A small yacht stranded on the Hook Sands, but was refloated.— Rewards, £14 18s. Qd..