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Membership News

Date: Spring 1996

Volume: 54

Issue: 536

Meeting the need Every year there is a rise in the number calls for help received by the RNLI's volunteer crews. In 1994 lifeboats launched 6,156 times - itself a record - but just a year later the figure for 1995 stood at 7,312 launches...

Category: Articles

Peace, of London

Date: January 1862

Volume: 05

Issue: 43

On the 28th September, at 3 A.M., a small vessel, which proved to be the barge Peace, of London, was ob- served to have anchored in heavy broken water off the Camber coast-guard station, near Rye. The Camber life-boat was quickly launched,...

A Fishing Boat (1)

Date: February 1934

Volume: 29

Issue: 317

20th December.

A fishing boat was overdue, but made port while the life-boat was searching in a thick fog.—Rewards, £36 6s. lOd.

None (5)

Date: February 1935

Volume: 29

Issue: 321

Explosions due to the dispersing of a wreck in foggy weather were mis- taken for distress signals by a light- vessel.—Rewards, £21 6s..

A French Trawler

Date: 1939

Volume: War Years

Issue: 1939

AUG. 14TH. - PENLEE, AND COVERACK, CORNWALL. A French trawler had been reported in difficulties off the Lizard, but neither life-boat could find any sign of her. - Rewards : Penlee, £12 1s. ; Coverack, £10 6s..

A French Trawler (1)

Date: 1939

Volume: War Years

Issue: 1939

AUG. 14TH. - PENLEE, AND COVERACK, CORNWALL. A French trawler had been reported in difficulties off the Lizard, but neither life-boat could find any sign of her. - Rewards : Penlee, £12 1s. ; Coverack, £10 6s..

A Fighter Aeroplane

Date: 1944

Volume: War Years

Issue: 1944

OCTOBER 17TH. - WALTON AND FRINTON, ESSEX. A fighter aeroplane had been reported down in the sea, but nothing could be found. - Rewards, £10 6s..

A British Beaufighter Aeroplane (1)

Date: 1942

Volume: War Years

Issue: 1942

J ANUARY 9 T H. - SCARBOROUGH, YORKSHIRE. A British Beaufighter aeroplane had been reported flying low and was thought to have hit the water, but nothing was found. - Rewards, £18 6s..

Salcombe

Date: 1943

Volume: War Years

Issue: 1943

SALCOMBE, DEVON On the 4th December, 1943, the Salcombe life-boat rescued the crew of eleven of the Admiralty salvage craft L.C.18.

COXSWAIN EDWIN WILLIAM DISTIN was awarded the bronze medal,.

Category: Medals

A Vessel (35)

Date: 1940

Volume: War Years

Issue: 1940

DECEMBER 23RD. - LYTHAM - ST.ANNE’S, LANCASHIRE. The motor life-boat Dunleary had just returned from searching for an aeroplane when a message was received from the senior naval officer at Preston asking the life-boat to take a message to a...