LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Trawler (1)
JANUARY 29TH. - BARROW, LANCASHIRE.
A trawler had gone aground, but she refloated and did not need help.- Rewards, £4 19s. 6d..
A Vessel (3)
MARCH 4TH. - SKEGNESS, LINCOLNSHIRE.
A vessel had been mined, but as other vessels were nearby the life-boat was recalled. - Rewards, £9 17s..
A Spitfire Aeroplane (1)
APRIL 10TH. - LYTHAM - ST. ANNES, LANCASHIRE. A Spitfire aeroplane had been reported down off Lytham, but nothing was found. - Rewards, £8 1s. 6d..
A Vessel (16)
MAY 24TH. - STROMNESS, ORKNEYS.
A vessel was reported to be making distress signals on her siren, but the life-boat’s help was not needed. - Rewards, £16 7s..
A Minesweeper (1)
JULY 21ST. - LYTHAM - ST. ANNES, LANCASHIRE. At 9.45 P.M. the harbour master reported that a minesweeper was aground east of Gut Gas Buoy. A strong S.W. breeze was blowing, with a rough sea.
Another message said that the...
A Beadnell Fishing Boat
NOVEMBER 11TH. - NORTH SUNDERLAND, NORTHUMBERLAND. A Beadnell fishing boat had not returned when darkness fell, but she got in unaided.- Rewards, £19 11s. 6d..
A Rowing Boat (1)
JULY 12TH. - PORTRUSH, CO. ANTRIM.
A small rowing boat of Ballycastle was missing, but no trace of her could be found.- Rewards, £8 8s..
A Rubber Dinghy
NOVEMBER 26TH. - APPLEDORE, AND CLOVELLY, DEVON. A rubber dinghy had been reported firing distress flares, but nothing could be found. - Rewards, Appledore, £9 12s. ; Clovelly, £20 12s..
A Spitfire Aeroplane (5)
JULY 24TH. - RHYL, FLINTSHIRE. A Spitfire aeroplane had crashed in the sea, but disappeared without leaving any trace. Rewards, £9 6s. (See Llancrchynmor. “Services by Auxiliary Rescue-boats,” page 68.).
A Floating Crane
FEBRUARY 2ND. - SELSEY, SUSSEX. At 1.20 in the afternoon the coastguard telephoned that the naval authorities at Portsmouth had reported a floating crane in difficulties in Hayling Bay. A moderate south-west gale was blowing, with a rough...