LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
An Aeroplane (102)
JULY 10TH. - BEAUMARIS, ANGLESEY.
An aeroplane had been reported down in the sea, but nothing could be found, and thelife-boat was recalled by a patrol boat.- Rewards, £8 15s..
An Aeroplane (171)
NOVEMBER 7TH. - EASTBOURNE, SUSSEX.
A British aeroplane had been seen to crash into the sea, but a search, in which an Admiralty boat and aeroplanes took part, found nothing. - Rewards, £16 8s. 3d..
A Steamer (18)
MARCH 11TH. - SALCOMBE, AND TORBAY, DEVON. A steamer had sunk after being in collision, twenty miles south by east of Berry Head, but the survivors were rescued by another vessel. - Rewards : Salcombe, £15 9s. ; Torbay, £13 1s..<...
A Vessel (27)
J ULY 2 0 T H. - DONAGHADEE, CO.
DOWN. A vessel had struck a mine in Belfast Lough, but her crew had got ashore in the ship’s boats. - Rewards, £4 10s..
Aeroplanes (4)
AUGUST 18TH. - BEMBRIDGE, ISLE OF WIGHT. Aeroplanes had been reported down in the sea after an air battle, but nothing could be found. - Rewards, £4 13s.
(See Ventnor, “ Services by Shore-boats “, page 149.).
Two Fighter Aeroplanes
DECEMBER 19TH. - PORTRUSH, CO. ANTRIM.
Two fighter aeroplanes had crashed in the sea, but though wreckage was picked up by a motor launch, and oil patches were seen, no survivors could be found. - Rewards, £12 15s..<...
A Steamer (48)
DECEMBER 30TH. - RHYL, FLINT-SHIRE. A steamer was reported to need help, but could not be found. It was learnt later that another vessel had rescued the crew and taken her in tow. - Rewards, £12 3s.
An Aeroplane’s Dinghy
DECEMBER 15TH. - PENLEE, CORNWALL.
An aeroplane’s dinghy had been reported showing a light south of the Wolf Lighthouse, but nothing was found.
Rewards, £27 3s..
A Collier
APRIL 3RD. - BALLYCOTTON, CO. CORK. A collier was reported to have been machine-gunned by German aeroplanes, but could not be found. News was received later that a collier had passed, going west, without lights, and the life-boat was...
A Fishing Smack
Caister, and Great Yarmouth and Gorleston, Norfolk. — 2nd May. A motor vessel stranded on Caister Shoal and a fishing smack on the North Barber Sands, but both vessels got off without help.—Rewards, Caister £22 3s. ; Great Yarmouth and...