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A Patrol Boat
DECEMBER 19TH. - NEWHAVEN, SUSSEX.
No news had been received from an R.A.F. launch which had put off to the help of a small patrol boat, but it was found that she had returned sometime before. - Rewards, £16...
A Fishing Boat (3)
NOVEMBER 2ND. - BALLYCOTTON, CO.
CORK. A fishing boat had been delayed by an engine breakdown, but got in, unseen by the life-boat, in a fog. - Rewards, £13 14s. 6d..
A Raft
DECEMBER 2ND. - CLOVELLY, DEVON.
A ship’s boat had been reported at sea, but the life-boat only found an empty raft which she could not bring in owing to the rough sea.
- Rewards, £17 4s....
A British Wellington Bombing Aeroplane (1)
AUGUST 26TH. - BARMOUTH, MERIONETHSHIRE, AND PWLLHELI, CAERNARVONSHIRE.
A British Wellington bombing aeroplane had come down in the sea, but an R.A.F. launch rescued her seven men from a rubber dinghy. - Rewards : Barmouth,...
Aeroplanes (5)
SEPTEMBER 11TH. - SELSEY, SUSSEX.
During an air battle several aeroplanes, both British and German, crashed into the sea, but the life-boat found nothing but patches of oil. - Rewards, £6 3s. 6d..
73 Takes Command.
When an American aeroplane came down in the sea near Caister the coxswain and other regular members of the crew were away, but ex-Coxswain Charles Lacock, aged 73, took command, three soldiers helped to make up the crew, and the life-boat...
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A Steamer (6)
MARCH 3RD. - BLYTH, NORTHUMBERLAND.
An unknown steamer had been reported heading for rocks east of the harbour, but she seemed to get clear and then was lost in the darkness. - Rewards, £14 9s. 6d.
None (34)
JUNE 14TH. - BARMOUTH, MERIONETHSHIRE.
An airman’s body had been washed ashore, but a search for other men who might be in the sea was without result.
- Rewards, £10 3s..
Index to the Life-Boat Stations of the Royal National Life-Boat Institution
INDEX TO THE LIFE-BOAT STATIONS OF THE ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION. (Thefigures refer to the numbers of the life-boats detailed on pages 42-53.) Aberdovey, Merioneth, 167. Drogheda, Ireland, 265. Littlehaven,...
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First Aid for the Shipwrecked
FOR a number of years there has been in Plymouth very close and useful co-operation between the Life-boat Station and the local Division of the St. John Ambulance Brigade, the Brigade turning out whenever the Life- boat receives a call, and...
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