MARCH 1ST . - WICK, CAITHNESS-SHIRE. An R.A.F. Spitfire aeroplane had come down in the sea, but the pilot was rescued by a trawler and the life-boat was recalled. - Rewards, £6 13s..
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SEPTEMBER 5TH. - TOBEMORY, ARGYLLSHIRE. An aeroplane had been reported down off the Island of Tiree, but the life-boat only found the airman’s boot.- Rewards, £6 13s
The Humber, Yorkshire. — 27th October, 1939. An aeroplane was reported to have come down in the sea but the life-boat found nothing.— Permanent paid crew: Rewards, 9s.
PADSTOW.—On the morning of the 29th March the schooner Lizzie Trenberth, of Fowey, was seen about three miles N.W.
of Trevose Head. She was under close reefed sails, the wind blowing a strong gale from N.W. and the sea...
Southend-on-Sea, Essex.—At 1.25 on the afternoon of the 21 st of September, 1953, the life-boat coxswain saw a yacht two and a half miles east-south- east of the pier which appeared to be in difficulties. At 1.35 the life-boat Greater London...
Criccieth, Caernarvonshire.—At 5.57 on the afternoon of the 24th of August, 1954, the Abersoch coastguaid tele- phoned that a fishing boat was drifting and making heavy weather off St.
Tudwal's Island. At 6.7 the...
Selsey, Sussex.—At 10.42 on the morning of the 19th of August, 1951, the coastguard telephoned. A vessel had wirelessed that about seventeen and a half miles south of the Owers Lightvessel she had passed a motor cruiser which had broken down...
Sunderland, Co. Durham.—At 8.26 on the morning of the 24th of August, 1957, the coastguard telephoned that a man at Whitburn had reported a fishing coble flying a distress signal two and a half miles off Whitburn.
At nine...
SAILS WERE TORN Exmouth, South Devon. At 1.30 p.m.
on 4th November, 1964, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a yacht was dragging her anchor in rough seas and near gale force north-easterly winds close to...