LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Steamer (3)
JANUARY 15TH. - WALTON AND FRINTON, ESSEX. A steamer had been mined, but was able to reach safety, with the help of a tug and trawler. - Rewards, £32 6S..
A Spitfire Aeroplane (6)
MAY 18TH. - WALTON AND FRINTON, ESSEX. A British Spitfire aeroplane had crashed into the sea, but the pilot was picked up by a trawler. - Rewards, £8 16s..
A Steamer (20)
JUNE 11TH . - RUNSWICK, YORKSHIRE:.
A steamer had been bombed by a German aeroplane and had sunk, but only wreckage and two empty rafts were found.- Rewards, £21 13s..
A Sailing Boat
Bembridge, Isle of Wight. — 26th August. A sailing boat had capsized, but her occupants were picked up by other boats. A donation was received from the owner.—Rewards, £4 13s.
A Small Boat belonging to the Norwegian Steam Trawler Shetland
Longhope, Orkney.—29th June. A small boat, belonging to the Norwegian steam trawler Shetland, of Haugsund, which had foundered, was in distress, but a trawler rescued her crew.—• Rewards, £4 19s. 6d..
A Dinghy (1)
Llandudno, Caernarvonshire. At five o'clock on the afternoon of the llth of March, 1961, the honorary secretary received a message that a dinghy had been sighted about two miles east-north- east of the pier. It was not clear whether...
A Dinghy (1)
Clacton-on-Sea, Essex. At 4.10 on the afternoon of the 2nd July, 1961, the coastguard informed the honorary sec- retary that a dinghy with three men on board was in difficulties one mile off Jaywick. A gentle north-westerly wind was blowing...