LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
An R.A.F. Hawker Hurricane Aeroplane
MARCH 2 3RD. - DOVER, KENT. An R.A.F. Hawker Hurricane aeroplane had been reported down in the sea about five miles off Dover, but nothing could be found.
- Rewards, £14 2s. 6d..
A Fishing Boat (6)
MAY 19TH. - SHOREHAM HARBOUR, SUSSEX. A fishing boat from Worthing had not returned when expected. Her engine had broken down, but she made port unaided.
- Rewards, £5 2s. 6d..
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.).
An Aeroplane (100)
AUGUST 23RD. - SWANAGE, DORSET.
A German aeroplane had been reported down in the sea and two men were said to have baled out from it, but nothing could be found of them. - Rewards, £6 12s..
A Ship’s Boat and an Aeroplane
SEPTEMBER 5TH. - BARRA ISLAND, HEBRIDES. A ship’s boat was reported adrift and an aeroplane down in the sea, but the boat was found empty and of the aeroplane only wreckage was found. - Rewards, £7 2s..
A Steamer (42)
NOVEMBER 21ST. - PORTPATRICK, WIGTOWNSHIRE.
A steamer had sent out a distress call as her engine had broken down, but she was soon able to go on her way, and cancelled the call. - Rewards, £5 4s..
Liseta and The American Steamer Ranci Vigo
FEBRUARY 15TH. - MARGATE, KENT.
The Dutch tanker Liseta had been torpedoed, but the survivors of her crew were picked up by an escort vessel. A boat from the American steamer Ranci Vigo was found broken down, and was towed...
A Vessel (6)
AUGUST 12TH. - CROMER, NORFOLK.
A vessel’s engine had broken down, but the owners had sent another vessel to her help and she towed her in. - Rewards, £8 3s. 6d..
The Armies Help
At Scarborough recently, when the life-boat was called to the rescue of an airman, an army vehicle gave valuable help by towing her across heavy sand and into the sea. At Newcastle, Co. Down, when only 28 launchers could be mustered,...
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