On the 9th of February, 1953, six of the crew of seven of the Fraserburgh life-boat lost their lives when the life- boat capsized near the harbour entrance in a heavy sea. For a full account of this disaster see page 469..
Propeller fouled A SOFT FISHING BOAT, Lizzie, With tWO men on board was reported overdue by a fisherman at Annan on the Scottish side of the Solway Firth on the afternoon of Tuesday, April 29, 1986. The deputy launching authority at Silloth...
Courtmacsherry Harbour, Co. Cork - At 5.30 p.m. on 8th April, 1970, the life-boat coxswain, who was fishing in the trawler Mary Bernadette, picked up a member of the life-boat crew in a punt from the lobster boat Carraig Gonair which had...
IN the article on this subject in oar last number we stated that nine out of the twelve members of the Royal Commission on Tonnage were unanimous in their recommendations; that three of their number objected to sign the Report, viz., Messrs....
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Falmouth, Cornwall.—At 2.45 on the afternoon of the 21st of October, 1956, the St. Anthony coastguard telephoned that the yacht Wanderer, which was towing a cabin cruiser, appeared to be in difficulties off St. Anthony...
On the 1st November the Godsend Lifeboat was launched at about 3 P.M., having been signalled for by the crew of a yawl, which had gone out in the morning to the assistance of the s.s. Ferndale, of Sunderland, stranded on the North Scroby...
BURNHAM, SOMERSETSHIRE.—The Lifeboat- Cheltenltam was launched at 4.30 A.M.
on the 3rd September to the assistance of the brigantine Milo, of Brisham, which had stranded on the Gore Sands during a heavy gale from the...
Windsurfer saved in raging gale Windsurfer Peter Waters was enjoying a great day in the surf at Porthcawl on 26 January 2002 when a sudden wind knocked him through his sail and into the water. 'I was about half a mile out to sea,' he...
HELP FOR DUTCH At 12.5 a.m. on 5th November, 1963, the coastguard informed the superintendent coxswain that the Dutch motor vessel Fokke dejong needed the help of the lifeboat to land a sick man. It was arranged that the life-boat would...
Nine-year-old Jennifer Stone of Onchan, Isle of Man, was determined to say 'thank you' to members of the Douglas lifeboat crew who rescued her last year when she and her uncle were cut off by the tide when walking along the shoreline... - View image in PDF
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