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Additional Stations and New Life-Boats

Date: July 1857

Volume: 03

Issue: 25

HORNSEA, YORKSHIRE.—A new life-boat, on Mr. PEAKE'S design, has been placed by the NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION at Horn- sea, in lieu of an old boat at that place, which was of an unwieldy and inferior construction, and in which the...

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Carraig Airz

Date: September 1956

Volume: 34

Issue: 377

Galway Bay, Co. Galway.—At 1.40 on the afternoon of the 15th of June, 1956, the coxswain reported that a local lobster boat Carraig Airz was flying a distress signal off the Aran coast.

The life-boat Mabel Marion Thompson...

A New Type of Life-Boat

Date: March 1926

Volume: 26

Issue: 286

FOLLOWING on the Barnett Twin-Screw Life-boat, and the Watson Cabin Life- boat, both Life-boats specially designed to be able to carry out services at a considerable distance from their Stations, the Institution has now designed another new...

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A R.A.F. Machine

Date: October 1938

Volume: 30

Issue: 335

Barra Island, Isle of lewis. — 27th April, 1938. A R.A.F. machine had been reported as overdue, but the report was found to be only a test call by the R.A.F.—Rewards, £4 13s. 6d..

An Aeroplane (4)

Date: October 1939

Volume: 31

Issue: 339

Selsey, Sussex.—2nd June, 1939. An aeroplane had come down in the sea, but another boat reached her first and picked up two of the crew.—Rewards, £15 13s. 6d..

None (4)

Date: December 1939

Volume: 31

Issue: 340

St. Abbs, Berwickshire.—6th August, 1939. A bather had been reported in difficulties by the pilots, but the ?ifeboat could find no sign of him. He was already drowned.—Rewards, £5 11*. 6d..

An Aeroplane (104)

Date: 1941

Volume: War Years

Issue: 1941

JULY 14TH. - GIRVAN, AYRSHIRE. An aeroplane was reported to have come down in the sea, but it was found on the beach.- Rewards, £3 5s. 6d..

A Steamer (24)

Date: 1941

Volume: War Years

Issue: 1941

SEPTEMBER 27TH. - GOURDON, KINCARDINSHIRE.

A steamer had stranded, but her crew were rescued from the shore by the coastguard life-saving apparatus from Johnshaven. - Rewards, £25 15s. 6d..

A British Spitfire Aeroplane

Date: 1943

Volume: War Years

Issue: 1943

MAY 22ND. - CLACTON - ON - SEA, ESSEX. A British Spitfire aeroplane had come down in the sea, but the pilot was rescued by a fishing boat. - Rewards, £3 4s. 6d..

Skugga

Date: Summer 1950

Volume: 33

Issue: 355

Aldeburgh, Suffolk.—About 11.50 on the morning of the 23rd of July, 1950, the coastguard passed on a message from Woolwich asking for help for a naval cutter four miles to the north- east of the Shipwash lightvessel. At five minutes past...