The King has awarded the Silver Medal for Gallantry in Saving Life at Sea to John Robert Harland, of the Whitby life-boat crew, for diving overboard to the rescue of a fisherman in a heavy sea. As announced in the last issue, the Institution...
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Portpatricfe, Wigtownshire. •— 18th September. An aeroplane bound for Ireland had been reported to be overdue, but it was learned later that she had made a safe landing.—Rewards, £4 7s. Qd..
OCT. 18TH. - SHOREHAM HARBOUR, SUSSEX. An aeroplane was reported to hare fallen into the sea in flames, but nothing could be found. - Rewards, £15 7s. 6d..
DECEMBER 16TH. - SCARBOROUGH, YORKSHIRE. An unknown aeroplane was reported to have come down in the sea, but nothing was found. - Rewards, £28 1s. 9d..
APRIL 28TH. - SENNEN COVE, CORNWALL.
An aeroplane was reported to have crashed but nothing was found. - Rewards, £7 2s..
JANUARY 14TH. - PADSTOW, CORNWALL.
An aeroplane had been reported to have crashed into the sea off Trevose Head, but the life-boat was recalled. - Rewards, £6..
FEBRUARY 19TH. - BARMOUTH, MERIONETHSHIRE. An aeroplane was reported to have crashed in the sea, but nothing could be found. - Rewards, £26 11s. 6d.
From the painting by Mr. Charles Dixon, R.I., presented by tfce artist to the Institution..
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Arklow, Co. Wicklow.—At 12.43 on the afternoon of the 1st of June, 1953, the Arklow lightvessel wirelessed that her tender Willie Wag, of Arklow, with a crew of four, had broken down after leaving the lightvessel. This message was heard...
IT will be remembered that during the terrible gales in the winter of 1929 to 1930, great damage was done to the Scottish fishing fleet. On one day, llth November, 1929, it was estimated that the fleet, when fishing off the East Anglian...
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