AUGUST
Launches 37. Lives rescued 13.
AUG. 1ST. - MOELFRE, ANGLESEY.
Three men, visitors to Moelfre, who were out in a rowing boat,...
Category: Services
Shoreham Harbour, Sussex.—1st July, 1939. A sailing canoe was thought to have been blown out to sea, but later it was learned that she had returned.— Rewards, £5 2s. Qd..
The Henry Vernon, converted by Mr. G. A. Tawse, of Bosham, into a "motor yacht, and renamed after the wrecked hospital ship from which she rescued 50 lives on 1st November. 1914.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
MARCH 1ST. - ABERDEEN. A ship had been attacked and set on fire, but all survivors were picked up by one of H.M. ships.- Rewards, £15 9s..
SEPTEMBER 1ST. - SEAHAM, DURHAM.
A fishing coble’s engine had broken down, but she was towed into Hartlepool by another fishing boat. - Rewards, £7 1s..
OCTOBER 1ST. - GREAT YARMOUTH AND GORLESTON, NORFOLK. An aeroplane had been reported down in the sea, but no trace of it could be found. - Rewards, £16 1s. 6d..
Volunteer action awards TJie Whitbread Volunteer Action Awards are recognised as one of the UK's most prestigious community award schemes.
Fundraising and operational volunteers with the RNLI are eligible for the awards...
Category: Articles
DR. D. I. AITKEN, of Swanage, has been awarded a special certificate on vellum in recognition of the part he played when the Swanage life-boat landed a sick man from the motor vessel Maya of Beirut on ist December, 1966.
At...
Category: Awards
AT 1.3 on the afternoon of 8th Decem- ber, 1962, the honorary secretary of the Southend-on-Sea life-boat station, Mr.
P. G. Garon, learnt from the coast- guard that the Dutch motor vessel Temar of 198 tons was on fire. She...
Category: Services
Just before 1 P.M.
on the 26th April a man told members of the life-boat crew that a small boat was drifting out to sea and the only occupant was waving for help. A moderate S.W. gale was blowing and the sea was rough....