St. Peter Port, Guernsey. At 3.45 p.m. on 8th October, 1965, the States maintenance engineer notified the deputy harbourmaster that the States of Guernsey launch St. Anne had found it impossible to take three maintenance men off the Platte...
FEBRUARY 1ST. - WICKLOW. Flares had been seen, but nothing was found. - Rewards, £l6 16s. 6d..
Walton and Frinton, Essex.—At 5.35 on the evening of the 23rd of November.
1956, the Deal coastguard reported that an aircraft of the United States Air Force had crashed into the sea near the Cork lightvessel and asked for...
144 pages Many of the most stirring tales of 'the men who never turn back'— the crews of the R.N.L.I.—are included from the very beginning of the service to today. So, too, are the stories of rescue and heroics by others including...
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Shoreham Harbour, Sussex. — 13th February, 1938. Rockets had been reported, but no vessel in distress could be found.—Rewards, £9 15s..
Great Yarmouth and Corleston, Norfolk.
—6th September, 1939. An explosion had been reported in the neighbourhood of the Gorton Light-vessel, but the lifeboat found that the light-vessel itself was all right, and there was...
North Sunderland, Northumberland.
About 10.30 on the morning of the 28th June, 1961, the local Trinity House representative informed the life-boat motor mechanic that a man was seriously ill in the Longstone light-...
FEBRUARY 16TH. - SKEGNESS, LINCOLNSHIRE.
During activity in the air in the early morning red lights had been reported some miles out at sea, but nothing was found. - Rewards, £29 11s. 6d..
MARCH 2ND. - ALDEBURGH, SUFFOLK.
Men in an open boat had been reported off Thorpeness, but the “ boat ” was found to be a barrage balloon. - Rewards, £16 9s. 6d..