LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Whitley Aeroplane
NOVEMBER 28TH. - LONGHOPE, ORKNEYS.
A Whitley aeroplane had been reported in distress off Duncansby Head, but nothing was found. - Rewards, £15 3s. 6d..
A Steamer (8)
FEBRUARY 20TH. - SUNDERLAND, DURHAM. A steamer had been mined east of the Tyne Piers, but she was beached and the life-boat was recalled. - Rewards , £7 15s. 6d.
A Rowing Boat (9)
JULY 22ND. - COURTMACSHERRY HARBOUR, CO. CORK. Two boys in a rowing boat had not returned by nightfall, but they got to land without help. - Rewards, £9 13s.
A Steamer (44)
DECEMBER 9TH. - CULLERCOATS, NORTHUMBERLAND. A steamer had been mined outside Tynemouth Piers, but was able to enter the Tyne under her own power. - Rewards, £14 5s. 6d.
A Vessel (16)
NOVEMBER 9TH. - DONAGHADEE, CO. DOWN. A vessel had been reported in distress, but no trace of her could be found.
- Rewards, £14 7s. 6d..
A Spitfire Aeroplane (2)
APRIL 11TH. - BARROW, LANCASHIRE.
The naval authorities had reported a Spitfire aeroplane down in the sea off Seascale, but nothing could be found. - Rewards, £11 12s. 6d.
A Sailing Dinghy
On the evening of the 24th September a message was re- ceived from the lighthouse-keeper on Ross Island that a sailing dinghy with two men had gone ashore on Richard- son's Rock, which is between Ross Island and the mainland. The men had...
A Fishing Boat (2)
Salcombe, andTorbay, Devon.—5th November, 1937. A small fishing boat from Bee Sands had not returned when expected, and the Salcombe motor life-boat searched for her. Later, the Torbay motor life-boat carried on the search, and next day a...
A Small Boat
Walmer, Kent.—On the afternoon of the 9th March the Deal coastguard reported that a small boat with one occupant was in difficulty N.N.W. of the South Goodwin lightship. A light S.S.W. breeze was blowing, with a smooth to moderate sea. The...
A Rowing Boat
Lowestoft, Suffolk - At 9 a.m. on 28th September, 1969, the coastguard reported that a rowing boat was in difficulties off the Links road. At 9.10 the life-boat Frederick Edward Crick slipped her moorings in a fresh south westerly wind with...