JANUARY 10TH. - BARMOUTH, MERIONETHSHIRE.
A British aircraft had crashed into the sea, but no survivors were found and an attempt to tow the aeroplane into shallow water failed. - Rewards, £17 5s..
MARCH 14TH. - PORTPATRICK, WIGTOWNSHIRE.
A rubber dinghy, supposed to have come from a crashed aeroplane, had been reported south of Girvan, but nothing could be found. - Rewards, £4 15s..
JULY 9TH. - FILEY, YORKSHIRE. A fishing boat was overdue, as her engine had broken down, in foggy weather, but she reached the shore under oars while the lifeboat was searching for her. - Rewards, £14 18s. 6d.
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PETERHEAD, ABERDEENSHIRE 2 On the 23rd-26th January, 1942, the Peterhead life-boat rescued the crew of forty-four of the S.S. Runswick, the crew of twenty-six of the S.S. Fidra, and thirty-six of the crew of the S.S....
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JANUARY 9TH. - ALDEBURGH, SUFFOLK.
An aeroplane had been reported down in the sea off Dunwich, but the lifeboat was recalled as a Southwold motor boat had gone to the rescue. - Rewards, £20 4s. 6d..
JANUARY 26TH. - COVERACK, CORNWALL.
A British aeroplane was reported to have crashed off The Manacles, and the life-boat got away in three minutes, but she found nothing. - Rewards, £11 14s. 3d..
MARCH 14TH. - WICK, CAITHNESSSHIRE.
The ex-Norwegian fishing vessel H.13A.F., with a naval crew on board, appeared to be out of control, and her crew were waving a white sheet, but she was got under control again and went...
Front Cover Newhaven's new Severn class lifeboat, David and Elizabeth Adand, is put through her paces with the magnificent chalky cliffs and lighthouse of Beachy Head as a backdrop.
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DONAGHADEE, CO. DOWN On the 21st November, 1940, the Donaghadee life-boat rescued seven of the crew of the S.S. Coastville, of Liverpool, and on the 6th December, 1940, landed nine of the crew of the S.S. Hope Star, of...
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JANUARY 17TH. - STROMNESS, ORKNEYS.
Distress signals had been reported, but neither the life-boat nor a naval aeroplane which took part in the search could find anything. - Rewards, £21 2s. 6d..