Mr. Ken Adams, of Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex, has been awarded a certifi- cate by the R.N.L.I. as the writer of what was, in the Institution's opinion, the best factual newspaper account of a service by a life-boat published in 1968. His...
Category: Awards
St. Ives, Cornwall. At 2.43 p.m. on 2ist August, 1965, the coastguard reported that a man had fallen off., or had been washed off, the rocks at Clodgy Point. At 2.45 the IRB launched in a fresh west-north-westerly breeze and rough sea. The...
DECEMBER 5TH. - HASTINGS, KENT.
A red light had been reported on the water off Bexhill, but nothing could be found.- Rewards, £44 17s..
APRIL 10TH. - SHOREHAM HARBOUR, SUSSEX. Red flares had been seen, but were found to be from naval vessels at exercise. - Rewards, £11..
OCTOBER 5TH. - GALWAY BAY. It had been reported that three men had baled out of a British aeroplane which had crashed in the sea, but nothing could be found. - Rewards, £15 12s..
JUNE 30TH. - BLACKPOOL, LANCASHIRE.
A pilot was thought to have baled out from an aeroplane, but a target had broken away from her, and been mistaken for a man. - Rewards, £5 0S. 6d..
Mineheads Atlantic 21 Class Rigid Inflatable shows her paces shortly after launching on exercise in late February.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
THURSDAY, 13th June, 1907.
Sir EDWARD BIRKBECK, Bart., V.P., in the Chair.
Read and confirmed the minutes of the previous meeting.
Also read those of the Building, Finance and...
Category: Committee
DEC. 3RD. - RAMSGATE, KENT. Flares had been reported by the coastguard, but nothing could he found. - Rewards, £7 16s. 6d..
JUNE 20TH. - ARKLOW, CO. WICKLOW.
Flares had been reported, probably from an aeroplane, but nothing could be found.- Rewards, £14 0s. 6d..