Poole and Bournemouth, Dorset.— 10th June. A small yacht was in distress, but was towed in by a motor boat.—Rewards, £17 9s. 6d..
Bembridge, Isle of Wight.—26th February, 1938. A motor vessel had been reported to be in distress, but she was picked up by a tug. — Rewards, £15 105. 6d..
Eastney, Hampshire. On 3ist October, 1965, the Eastney IRB rescued six men from a fishing launch. A full account of this service, for which special awards were made, appears on page 16..
SEPT. 26TH. - SUNDERLAND, CO. DURHAM.
A fishing coble had been reported in distress, but a pilot cutter took her in tow.- Rewards, £5 2s. 6d..
MAY 5TH. - BALTIMORE, CO. CORK. A fishing boat had got into difficulties and was long overdue, but she managed to reachshelter in a little bay, unaided. - Rewards, £14 17s..
AUGUST 19TH. - ANGLE, PEMBROKESHIRE.
A rowing boat had got into difficulties, but she was taken in tow by a naval patrol boat. - Rewards, £4 19s..
DECEMBER 20TH. - SHOREHAM HARBOUR, SUSSEX. A small steamer had been reported to have disappeared in a cloud of smoke, but nothing could be found. - Rewards, £20 4s..
SEPTEMBER 25TH. - BLYTH, NORTHUMBERLAND.
A barge had broken away from a tug, but the life-boat found that there was no one on board her. - Rewards, £9 13s..
After opening the Lifeboat Exhibition at Plymouth on July 19, HRH the Duke of Kent flew by helicopter to Sennen Cove, Conwall, to name Diana White, Semen's new 37' 6" Rather lifeboat. Nigel Warington Smyth, OBE, a vice-president... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
FlSHGTTABD, PEMBBOKESHIEB.' In response to a signal of distress hoisted by the smack Three Sisters, of Cardigan, bound from Aberporth to Swansea in ballast, the No. 2 Life-boat Helen of Foxley proceeded to her assistance at 11.30 A.M. on...