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A Danish Vessel

Date: 1939

Volume: War Years

Issue: 1939

OCT. 30TH. - THE HUMBER, YORKSHIRE.

A ship had been reported on fire, but a later message stated that the survivors of a Danish vessel, believed to have been sunk by enemy action, had been picked up by a Finnish vessel. -...

A Parachute (1)

Date: 1944

Volume: War Years

Issue: 1944

MAY 14TH. - BERWICK - ON - TWEED, NORTHUMBERLAND. A parachute had been reported down in the sea, but it was washed ashore before the life-boat could reach it. A meteorological balloon was attached to it. - Rewards, £7 12s..

A Vessel (2)

Date: 1944

Volume: War Years

Issue: 1944

OCTOBER 20TH. - CROMER, NORFOLK.

The life-boat had gone out to help in an attempt to salve a vessel which had been stranded since 1939, but the operations were not successful. - Property salvage case. (See Cromer, “Accounts...

An Aeroplane (4)

Date: 1941

Volume: War Years

Issue: 1941

JANUARY 27TH. - HOWTH, CO. DUBLIN.

An unknown aeroplane had been reported by the Dublin military authorities to be down in the sea, but nothing was found.- Rewards, £10 13s..

An Aeroplane (12)

Date: 1942

Volume: War Years

Issue: 1942

JANUARY 2 l ST. - FILEY, AND SCARBOROUGH, YORKSHIRE. A British aeroplane had been reported down in the sea, but nothing was found except a big floating mine which was reported by the Scarborough life-boat. - Rewards : Filey, £11 12s.;...

None (30)

Date: 1940

Volume: War Years

Issue: 1940

MARCH 5TH. - AMBLE, NORTHUMBERLAND.

An explosion had occurred five miles east of Cresswell, and the lights of a ship had disappeared, but the life-boat found nothing. - Rewards, £22 12s..

A Small Sailing Boat (1)

Date: 1945

Volume: War Years

Issue: 1945

APRIL 21ST. - BEMBRIDGE, ISLE OF WIGHT. A small sailing boat had capsized off Hayling Island. The life-boat found nothing, but a naval launch found the boat and picked up two dead bodies. - Rewards, £4 13s..

An R.A.F. Aeroplane

Date: 1945

Volume: War Years

Issue: 1945

MAY 17TH. - BERWICK - ON - TWEED, NORTHUMBERLAND. An R.A.F. aeroplane had crashed in the sea, but nothing could be found. A message came that a body had been seen, and the life-boat went out again, but again found nothing. - Rewards : first...

Two Aeroplanes

Date: 1946

Volume: War Years

Issue: 1946

MARCH 9TH. - PADSTOW, CORNWALL.

Two aeroplanes had crashed in the sea, but one airman was rescued by a Walrus amphibious aeroplane, and the life-boat found nothing.- Rewards, £2 10s..

Another £600 from South Africa.

Date: December 1941

Volume: War Years

Issue: War Bulletin 6

Another £600 has been received from South Africa in response to Miss Pattie Price's appeal. £5°o of it comes from the Navy League War Fund of South Africa and £164 from people of Johannesburg. The total is now £2...

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