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An Aeroplane (178)
NOVEMBER 14TH. - MARGATE, KENT.
An aeroplane had been reported down in the sea, but nothing could be found. - Rewards, £7 12s..
A Steamer (1)
FEBRUARY 14TH. - NEW BRIGHTON, CHESHIRE. After a collision a steamer had been beached, but her crew were taken off by another vessel. - Rewards, £13 12s. 6d..
Two Spitfire Aeroplanes
DECEMBER 31ST. - SKEGNESS, LINCOLNSHIRE.
Two Spitfire aeroplanes had collided over the sea, but nothing was found.
- Rewards, £27 12s. 6d..
June
MAY 31ST. - SELSEY, SUSSEX. Men had been reported aboard an R.A.F. target raft, but they were cormorants which flew away as the life-boat approached. - Rewards, £8 1s.and towed her to a berth in Walton River.
She...
Category: Services
Gallant and Humane Conduct of Swedes and Norse-Men
DURING the autumn of the year 1852, a year that will long be remembered as one of the most fatal on record to the shipping of this country) the unprecedented number of 1115 wrecks having occurred along the shores and within the seas of the...
Category: Articles
An Aeroplane (41)
OCTOBER 28TH. - APPLEDORE, DEVONSHIRE.
A British aeroplane had crashedinto the sea, but her crew of two were rescued by an American amphibious craft. - Rewards, £9 12s..
A Whitley Aeroplane
DECEMBER 21ST. - FLAMBOROUGH, YORKSHIRE. An airman was reported to have baled out from a Whitley aeroplane, but he was not found. - Rewards, £27 12s..
None (56)
OCTOBER 5TH. - GALWAY BAY. It had been reported that three men had baled out of a British aeroplane which had crashed in the sea, but nothing could be found. - Rewards, £15 12s..
A Motor Vessel
JANUARY 8TH. - SOUTHWOLD, SUFFOLK.
A motor vessel had signalled, but it was found that she did not need help. - Rewards, £20 12s..
None (63)
NOVEMBER 17TH. - DOUGLAS, ISLE OF MAN. An object bearing a light had been reported, but nothing could be found. - Rewards, £17 12s. 6d.