LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Fishing Boat (5)
JULY 9TH. - FILEY, YORKSHIRE. A fishing boat was overdue, as her engine had broken down, in foggy weather, but she reached the shore under oars while the lifeboat was searching for her. - Rewards, £14 18s. 6d.
(See...
A Motor Coble
OCTOBER 9TH. - FRASERBURGH, ABERDEENSHIRE.
A small motor coble had been seen making way with difficulty in bad weather, but she reached St. Combes without help. - Rewards, £8 5s. 6d..
A Motor Vessel (1)
JANUARY 25TH. - CLOGHER HEAD, CO.
LOUTH. A motor vessel was reported to be in distress fourteen miles south-east of the life-boat station, but the help of the lifeboat was not needed. - Rewards, £5 3s..
A Motor Boat
APRIL 26TH. - CLOUGHEY, CO. DOWN.
A motor boat had gone aground in dense fog, but was able to get off unaided.- Rewards, £6 15s.
(See Cloughry, “ Services by Shore-boats,” page 145)..
A Rubber Boat (1)
JUNE 8TH. - MARGATE, KENT. A rubber boat, with one person on board, had been seen four miles to the north of Foreness, but nothing was found except an empty case and some small pieces of wreckage. - Rewards, £4 19s..
A Steamer (11)
NOVEMBER 14TH. - THURSO, CAITHNESS- SHIRE. A steamer had called for help at night, but the life-boat could not find her, and it was learned later that she had been able to go slowly on her way. - Rewards, £18 9s..
A Swordfish Aeroplane
DECEMBER 27TH. - BARROW, LANCASHIRE.
A Swordfish aeroplane had been reported down in the sea, but nothing was found. - Rewards, £20 19s.
(See Millom, “Services by Auxiliary Rescueboats,” page 72.).<...
A Burning Aeroplane
JULY 13TH. - PORTRUSH, CO. ANTRIM.
A burning aeroplane had been reported several miles north of Inistrahull, but nothing could be found. - Rewards, £8 17s. (See Malin Head, “Services by Auxiliary Rescueboats,” page...
A Fishing Boat (4)
SEPTEMBER 24TH. - SHERINGHAM, NORFOLK. A local fisherman’s boat had got adrift and as the weather was too bad for another fishing boat to go out, the life-boat was lent to the men to recover the boat. - No rewards..
A Walrus Amphibious Aeroplane
DECEMBER 13TH. - NEW BRIGHTON, CHESHIRE. At two in the afternoon the Hoylake coastguard reported an aeroplane down in the River Mersey off Gladstone Dock.
The weather was foggy, with a light southeast wind. The sea was...