NOVEMBER 16TH. - BALLYCOTTON, CO. CORK. An overdue fishing boat was thought to be in difficulties, but she had been delayed because she was down to the deck with an exceptionally large catch of herrings and got safely into Kinsale. - Rewards...
FEBRUARY 10TH. - SKEGNESS, LINCOLNSHIRE.
Two aeroplanes, a bomber and a fighter, had collided, and some airmen who had baled out came down on land, but no one was found in the sea. - Rewards, £10 19s..
JULY 4TH . - ANSTRUTHER, FIFESHIRE.
An aeroplane had come down in the sea, but her crew were rescued by another boat. - Rewards, £5 19s.
(See Crail, “Services by Shore-boats,” page 99.).
SEPTEMBER 23RD. - CLACTON - ON - SEA, AND WALTON AND FRINTON, ESSEX.
It was thought that aeroplanes had collided and one was reported to have come down in flames, but nothing could be found . - Rewards : Clacton - on - Sea...
Four saved .as their boat is destroyedOn the evening of Saturday, 24 February, four sailors were completing their journey from Liverpool to Rhyl, They were approaching Rhyl when they started to " have trouble with their engine. They cut...
G o v e r n o r s - S h o r e l i n e - S t o r m F o r c e Moving with the Times The Institution's membership scheme continues to flourish, with a total of almost 177,000 members at the end of 1990 giving an increase of more than 15% on...
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• A new, updated version of Gillian Howie and Gillian Zealand's history of Arbroath's lifeboats May 1982 has been compiled by Alasdair M. Sutherland, himself a crew member. With the aid of photographic illustrations Arbroath Lifeboat...
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Over the years the RNLI's dependence on money left to it in legacies has helped keep the Institution buoyant, providing a regular backbone to the income raised by volunteers and Shoreline members and enabling it to build and maintain a...
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Presentation of the Prizes in the London District. LAST year, for the first time, the presentation of the prizes won in this com- petition in the London area (consistingof the schools under the London County Council) took place at one...
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WHITBURN, DURHAM.—The NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION forwarded to this important station, in September last, a new 32-feet 10-oared life-boat and transportingcarriage, in the place of the boat and carriage previously there, the old boat...
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