LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Motor Boat (3)
The Mumbles, Glamorganshire.—8th November, 1938. A fishing party in a motor boat had burned flares when their engine failed, but they managed to get ashore without help.—Rewards, £14 17s..
A Speed Boat
Ramsgate, Kent.—28th July, 1939.
A'man who had put out in a speed-boat was reported as missing, but he had returned safely.-—Rewards, £10 11*..
A Motor Trawler
7th February.
A motor trawler was in difficulties, but was taken in tow by a tug.—Rewards, £12 15s..
A Fishing Boat (1)
23rd Sep- tember. A fishing boat was reported to be missing, but got safely in while a search was being made for her.—No rewards desired..
A Dinghy and Stella
Aldeburgh, Suffolk.—On the afternoon of the 29th July the Sizewell coastguard reported that a cabincruiser, which was being towed by a yawl, had broken adrift half a mile N.E. of the coastguard station, and that it was not certain if anyone...
A Yacht (1)
Bembridge, Isle of Wight.—11th July.
A yacht had been dismasted, but a motor vessel helped her.—Rewards, • £4 13s..
A Vessel (8)
FEBRUARY 9TH. - MARGATE, KENT. A vessel had gone aground on the North Shingle Shoal, but what she wanted was a tug. - Rewards, £26 6s..
A Parachute (1)
OCTOBER 2lST. - HASTINGS, SUSSEX.
A parachute had been seen coming down, but only a large patch of oil was found.- Rewards, £36 0s. 6d..
A Thunderbolt Aeroplane
JUNE 17TH. - HASTINGS, SUSSEX. A Thunderbolt aeroplane had come down in the sea, but a vessel in convoy rescued the men. - Rewards, £36 17s. 6d..
A Small Raft
APRIL 27TH. - CROMARTY. Two boys had gone adrift on a small raft, but were rescued by two men in a rowing boat.- Rewards, £3 2s. 6d. (See Fortrose, “Services by Shore-boats,” page 73.).