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A Fishing Boat (3)
MARCH 20TH. - NORTH SUNDERLAND, NORTHUMBERLAND. A fishing boat’s engine had broken down, but the crew were able to repair it. - Rewards, £8 19s. 6d..
Two Aeroplanes
MAY 2 8TH. - DOVER, KENT. It had been reported that two aeroplanes were down in the sea, but nothing was found. - Rewards, £2 10s..
A Wellington Aeroplane
SEPTEMBER 11TH. - CLACTON - ON - SEA, ESSEX. A Wellington aeroplane had been reported down in the sea, but nothing was found. - Rewards, £9 18s..
A Steamer (1)
FEBRUARY, 1 2TH. - PEEL, ISLE OF MAN. A steamer had stranded, but her crew got ashore unaided, and the ebbing tide left the steamer high and dry. - Rewards, £13 4s..
A Thunderbolt Aeroplane
JUNE 17TH. - HASTINGS, SUSSEX. A Thunderbolt aeroplane had come down in the sea, but a vessel in convoy rescued the men. - Rewards, £36 17s. 6d..
A Steamer
JAN. 21ST. - WALMER, KENT. A steamer had been heading for the Goodwin Sands, but changed her course in answer to warning guns from the East Goodwin Lightvessel.- Rewards, £29 0S. 6d.
A Boat from a Naval Drifter
DECEMBER 13TH. - WEYMOUTH, DORSET. A small boat from a naval drifter had been smashed on rocks, but the only man aboard got ashore without help.- Rewards, £6 13s.
A Vessel (9)
MARCH 7TH. - CAMPBELTOWN, ARGYLLSHIRE. A vessel had been reported ashore, but nothing was found, although a Dutch coasting vessel was seen under way. - Rewards, £6 13s.
Gold Medal for Welsh Coxswain
Coxswain William Gammon, of the Mumbles, Glamorganshire, who won the bronze medal in 1941 for rescuing the crew of a ship wrecked among the coast defences, has now won the gold medal for rescuing the crew of 42 of a Canadian frigate...
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Surfers saved
Three surfers got caught in a rip current off Devon’s Barricane beach on 31 January.
One got out of trouble and made it to shore but his friends were washed away, managing to grab on to a buoy 200m from shore. Ilfracombe’s...
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