4th April.
Lights had been seen, but nothing could be found. The weather was very bad and it is thought that the lights might have been caused by a bursting meteorite.—Rewards, £10 12*..
Mr. Edward Dean, honorary sec- retary of the Oldham branch, who died on 3rd March of this year, had been associated with its work for forty-one years. In 1931 he was awarded the Institution's gold badge for his long and distinguished...
Category: Obituaries
Sheringham, Norfolk.—10th July. It had been reported that there was wreckage off Weybourne and that a man was in the water, but it was found that a small boat had been washed off the beach, with no one on board.—Rewards, £21 15s....
Peterhead, Aberdeenshire.—1st October.
A steamer carrying pit props had capsized, and a trawler had picked up one survivor, but a search for the rest of the crew was without result.— Rewards, £6 14s. 6d..
Walton and Frinton, Essex.—21st June, 1939. The Kentish Knock Lightvessel had reported that a yacht had carried away her mast, but the yacht cleared herself and went on her way.—Rewards, £14 15s. 6d..
Exmouth, Devon. — llth August, 1939. A ship had been reported by the coastguard as apparently on fire, but nothing could be found, and it was presumed that the ship had gone on her way.—Rewards, £17 17*. 6d..
Longhope, Orkneys.—3rd September, 1939. A small vessel had been reported flying distress signals, and the life-boat searched a wide area but found nothing.
It was learned later that the vessel had been taken in tow by a...
Lowestoft, Suffolk.—12th October, 1939. Two longshore boats had been seen flying distress signals, but one was taken in tow by a herring drifter and the other, which was at anchor with her engine broken down, refused help as her skipper...
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Left: Officers and cadets of the Redhill Girls' Nautical Training Corps pictured in Merstham collecting for the R.N.L.I. flag day in March. Pictured (from left to right) are: Mrs. 'Bubbles' Gellett (third officer), Cadets Carol... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs