By Dr James A.Begg Published by Mercat Press ISBN 1841830542 Dr James A Begg dedicated this real-life account of dramatic search and rescue operations to 'all those engaged in search and rescue by air, land and...
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MISSING BUOY TAKEN IN TOW Weymouth, Dorset. At 2.10 on the morning of the 29th September, 1962, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a red flashing light had been seen south-east-by-south of Portland Bill moving west. There...
Lowestoft: On Monday May 14, 1984, a 17ft motor cruiser, with one man on board, suffered engine failure off Pakefield Beach; she was driven ashore and on to a groyne by the fresh north-easterly breeze. Reaching the cruiser at 1744,...
On the 9th February, while a strong gale was blowing from W.S.W., the s.s. Resolven, of Cardiff, 1,032 tons register, bound from North Shields for Lisbon with coal, stranded on the Barber Sand. The No. 2 Life-boat Beauchamp proceeded to her,...
Two inshore lifeboats save man cut off by tide A service by Redcar's Atlantic 21 and D class to a man cut off by the / x t i d e some five miles away from the station has earned Atlantic Crew member Tony Wild, D class helmsman Mark...
St. Peter Port, Guernsey - At 12.15 a.m. on 7th July, 1969, following reports of flares seen off the north east end of the island of Guernsey, information was received that the yacht Calypso V, with a crew of four, was in difficulties three...
The Duke of Kent described the decision to establish the head office in Poole as bold, and also wise; he was pleased to see the familiar stone lifeboatman still at the door, now gazing out to sea. A service of dedication was conducted by The... - View image in PDF
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DRIFTING BOAT TAKEN IN TOW Dover, Kent. At 3.19 on the afternoon of the 10th June, 1962, a message was received by the honorary secretary from the eastern arm signal station that an outboard motor boat had broken down off Kingsdown near St....
Swimmers rescued MABLETHORPE iLB deputy launching authority was informed by a council lifeguard at 1458 on August 6, 1975, that there were two swimmers in difficulties off the 'pipe tunnel', an outfall pipe protected by a groyne,...
Airbed A BOY AND A GIRL being blown out to sea on an airbed off Ardrossan were reported to the honorary secretary of Troon lifeboat station by HM Coastguard at 1525 on Tuesday June 21. Five minutes later Troon's 44ft Waveney lifeboat...