LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
An Aeroplane (10)
MARCH 19TH. - CLACTON - ON - SEA, ESSEX. An aeroplane had been reported to have come down in flames, but nothing, could be found. - Rewards, £13 17s. 6d..
A Rowing Boat (7)
JULY 11TH. - ST. MARY'S, ISLES OF SCILLY. A rowing boat had been overtaken by a thick fog, but got back without help. - Rewards, £13 5s. 6d..
A Minesweeper (1)
DECEMBER 7TH. - CLOVELLY, AND APPLEDORE, DEVON. A minesweeper had broken adrift while being towed, but there was no one on board. - Rewards : Clovelly, £20 8s. ; Appledore, £24 2s. 6d..
None (22)
JUNE 20TH. - ARKLOW, CO. WICKLOW.
Flares had been reported, probably from an aeroplane, but nothing could be found.- Rewards, £14 0s. 6d..
None (2)
JANUARY 7TH. - BALLYCOTTON CO. CORK. Machine-gun fire from aircraft thought to be attacking fishing vessels had been heard, but no vessels in need of help were found. - Rewards, £6 17s. 6d.
An Aeroplane’s Dinghy
AUGUST 1ST. - MINEHEAD, SOMERSET.
An aeroplane’s dinghy had been reported, but nothing was found. - Rewards £10 18s. 6d..
A Boat
Shoreham, Sussex.—2nd April, 1939.
A boat burning flares had been reported off Brighton, but nothing could be found.—Rewards, £7 15s. 6d,.
None (10)
Shoreham Harbour, Sussex.—21st October, 1939. Rockets had been re- ported south of Brighton but nothing could be found.—Rewards, £15 7s. 6d..
A Trawler
Anctruther, Fifeshire.—6th March.
Trawler stranded on May Island, but crew taken off by fishing boats.—Re- wards, £20 10s. 6d..
A Yacht (2)
Fowey, Cornwall.—16th September.
A yacht got into difficulties, but was taken in tow by a motor boat.—Rewards, £2 12s. 6d..