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STRANDED When on service at the Calf of Man on i6th April, 1966, a request was made by a party of students, who were stranded on the island owing to the weather conditions, to be taken off as they had run out of food.
As...
An Aeroplane (153)
OCTOBER 16TH. - CROMER, NORFOLK.
At 5.30 A.M. messages were received from the coastguard that an aeroplane had caught fire and crashed into the sea a quarter of a mile off Happisburgh Beach, and at 5.46 A.M. the No. 1 motor...
A Fishing Boat
Two fishermen of Appledore went mackerel fishing off Rock's Nose on the afternoon of the llth August. A moderate S.E. breeze was blowing, and the sea was smooth.
A sudden squall capsized the boat, and both men were...
An Aeroplane (1)
Fowey, Cornwall.—17th April, 1938.
An aeroplane had been reported to have come down in the sea, but nothing could be found, and it was presumed that a machine ftying very low had given rise to the report.—Rewards, £4...
A Steamer
Ramsey, Isle of Man.—12th November.
A steamer had gone ashore, but her crew were rescued from the shore by the coastguard life-saving apparatus.— Rewards, £26 2s. 6d..
A Barge
Southend-on-Sea, Essex.—4th October, 1938. A barge had sunk at Hole Haven Point, but another vessel rescued the crew of two from the rigging.
—Rewards, £15 155. 6d..
A Lightning R.A.F. Aeroplane
MARCH 27TH. - PWLLHELI, CAERNARVONSHIRE.
A Lightning R.A.F. aeroplane had crashed into the sea, but an R.A.F.
launch rescued one airman, and the other could not be found. - Rewards, £7 11s....
An Aeroplane (16)
MAY 1ST. - MOELFRE, ANGLESEY. An aeroplane had come down in the sea, but the life-boat found nothing. In her own crew of nine were five merchant captains, who were on leave. - Rewards, £5 14s. 6d..
An Steamer
NOVEMBER 16TH. - ALDEBURGH, SUFFOLK.
An unknown steamer, which had been attacked by enemy aeroplanes, had signalled for a doctor, and with Col. G. D.
Franklin, C.I.E., O.B.E., late I.M.S. on board, the...
Maldon Little Ship Club's New Year's Day Sponsored Yacht Tender Rowing Race Was Won By Brian Watkins (I) and Malcolm Holland Twenty-Six Boats Took Part and £203 W
Maldon Little Ship Club's New Year's Day sponsored yacht tender rowing race was won by Brian Watkins (I.) and Malcolm Holland.
Twenty-six boats took part and £.203 was raised for the lifeboat... - View image in PDF
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