FEBRUARY 17TH. - BARMOUTH, MERIONETHSHIRE.
At 2.44 in the afternoon life-boatmen on the promenade saw an aeroplane crash west-north-west of the coastguard station, about a mile off shore. The crash was also seen and...
NOVEMBER 17TH. - NEWHAVEN SUSSEX. At 6.52 P .M. a message was received from the coastguard that an Admiralty patrol boat needed help about two miles south of the breakwater. The sea was rough, with a fresh S.S.W. wind...
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St. Ives, Cornwall - At 8.17 p.m. on I3th May, 1967, it was reported that an outboard Gemini craft had left Porthmeor Cove at 2.30 and had not been sighted since. The life-boat Edgar, George, Orlando and Eva Child was launched at 8.50 in a...
MARCH 29TH. - PORTHDINLLAEN, CAERNARVONSHIRE. An Anson R.A.F.
trainer aeroplane had been reported down in the sea, but nothing was found. - Rewards, £20 16s..
His Royal Highness Prince Philip, one of the first visitors to the RNLI stand, was shown the Atlantic 21 by Major-General Ralph Farrant, chairman of the Institution, and an ILB crew member from Southwold, Roger Trigg.. - View image in PDF
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APRIL 23RD. - ST. IVES, CORNWALL.
At 6.41 A.M. a message was received from the St. Agnes coastguard that a Hurricane aeroplane had crashed into the sea one and a half miles N.E. by N. from Portreath, and at 7.38 A.M. the...
Tim Vincent is presented with a memento of the naming of Blue Peter V by Adam Simms and Caroline McVea.. - View image in PDF
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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.;...
Once the lifeboat is high and dry, quarter stoppers support her entire 32 tons as the bridle is dismantled . . .. - View image in PDF
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