Nov. 17TH. - SHERINGHAM, NORFOLK.
A distress signal had been seen some miles out to sea. but the life-boat could find nothing. - Rewards £19 12s..
AUGUST 12TH. - CLOVELLY, DEVON.
An aeroplane had been reported down in the sea some four miles north of Bude, but nothing was found. - Rewards, £21 14s. 6d..
AUGUST 27TH. - SELSEY, SUSSEX. A British bomber aeroplane had come down in the sea two miles south of Chichester Harbour, but nothing could be found except oil on the water. - Rewards, £15 10s. 6d..
FEBRUARY 6TH. - CROMER, NORFOLK.
A steamer had stranded twenty-two miles east from Cromer, but she refloated before the life-boat reached her. - Rewards £21 14s. 6d.
AUGUST 12TH. - SELSEY, SUSSEX.
During an air battle an enemy aeroplane had crashed three miles off, but nothing could be found. - Rewards, £6 3s. 6d.
A SERVICE carried out by a reserve life-boat, which resulted in the saving of three lives, has led to the award of the bronze medal for gallantry to the Howth coxswain, Joseph McLoughlin.
The first intimation of a boat in...
Category: Services
Himley Hall SC, a small family sailing club with its waters in beautiful Himley Park, West Midlands, held a 24-hour sponsored race over a May weekend in both 1976 and 1977. Twelve teams took part in the first year and ten the second, with...
Category: Donations
Every second counts as three saved from submerged dory The crew of the Whitstable lifeboat had just 17 minutes to save three lives. Weather conditions were so bad, they exceeded the operating limits of the lifeboat, but the crew knew that...
— 9th November. Searched, without result, for a man in a small boat which had drifted away from a fishing smack.— Rewards, £14 Os. 6d..
SEPTEMBER 29TH. - BEAUMARIS, ANGLESEY.
A motor cruiser had broken away from her moorings, with people on board, but was later reported to be at anchor. - Rewards, £5 19s..