AUGUST 2 4TH. - SHOREHAM HARBOUR, SUSSEX. An aeroplane on fire had been reported down in the sea, but nothing was found. - Rewards, £2 12s. 6d..
AT THE TIME of the London Boat Show last January a discussion was held on the shared task of lifesaving at sea by lifeboats and rotary wing aircraft. The helicopters of the Royal Navy were represented by Lt-Cdr Adrian Thomas, Commanding...
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The following is a list of the principal cases in which Rewards have been granted for saving life, by the National Shipwreck Institution, during the year 1851 :— January 2.—The emigrant barque Edmund, wrecked 19th Nov., at Kilkee, on the... - View image in PDF
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Also II. to some men for rescuing 2 men from a boat which was capsized by a heavy sea, on the 8th May last, off Gweedore Bar, on the coast of Donegal.
Also Silver Medal of the Institution and U to Gunner CHARLES LEESE, and...
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Southend-on-Sea, Essex.—15th September.
A noise was heard, which sounded like a collision, but nothing could be found.—Rewards, £13..
JUNE 14TH. - SHOREHAM HARBOUR, SUSSEX. An enemy aeroplane had been reported down in the sea, but nothing was found. - Rewards, £9 19s..
AUGUST 11TH. - CLACTON - ON - SEA (AT BRIGHTLINGSEA*), ESSEX. Information had been received that an airman was in the sea, and the life-boat, working from Brightlingsea as a war measure, put out, but she found nothing, - Rewards, £6 3s....
DECEMBER 29TH. - SCARBOROUGH, YORKSHIRE. An aeroplane had been reported down, but only patches of oil were found. - Rewards, £44 19s..
AUGUST 15TH. - SCARBOROUGH, YORKSHIRE. An aeroplane had come down in the sea on fire, but only wreckage was found. - Rewards, £19 4s. 6d..
MARCH 29TH. - LLANDUDNO, CAERNARVONSHIRE, AND BEAUMARIS, AND MOELFRE, ANGLESEY. A report had been received that an aeroplane was in distress and another that three men had baled out of an aeroplane, presumably the same one, but...