RED FLARES SEEN The Mumbles, Glamorganshire. At 2.17 a.m. on 2nd March, 1964, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a red flare had been seen off Rhosilly Point. There was a moderate southeasterly breeze with a corresponding...
Shoreline's BMW car competition was won by Squadron Leader P. L. Whitaker (I.). The car was presented to him at Poole a few days after the draw by Vice- Admiral Sir Peter Compston (r.), a deputy chairman of the Committee of Management... - View image in PDF
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WELLS, NORFOLK.—A new life-boat establishment has been formed by the NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION at Wells, on the coast of Norfolk. There was a considerable length of coast in the district without a life-boat, and as vessels frequently...
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ST. ANNE'S, LANCASHIRE. — On the evening of the 17th December, signals were shown by the schooner Velin-heli, of Carnarvon, which had stranded on the Salthouse Bank while she was being towed to Preston, two days previously, during thick...
PARACHUTE FLARES LIGHT CLIFFS EN SEARCH Aberdeen. At 9.29 on the evening of the 4th May, 1962, the coastguard passed on to the honorary secretary a request from the police for help in searching for a man reported to have fallen over the...
The first of the 46-feet Gorleston type, stationed at Great Yarmouth and Gorleston. The picture shows the wheel and the engine control board. The engine-room hatch is open.. - View image in PDF
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SILVER MEDAL SERVICE AT CROMER OCT. 9TH. - CROMER, NORFOLK.
At 6.25 in the morning the Cromer coxswain learned through the Humber radio and the coastguard that a vessel had gone ashore on Haisborough Sands, thirteen miles...
Deaths Ken Boardman - Littlestone-on-Sea founding Honorary Secretary (LOM) and Station Chairman Tony Glaze MBE - former Burnham-on-Crouch Crew Member and Station Honorary Secretary (LOM) (see page 4) Peter Holness - former Corporate...
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YACHT WAS AGROUND At 10.7 p.m. on 2nd August, 1964, a local resident informed the honorary secretary that a white flare had been seen at the entrance to Morar bay. It was halftide with a moderate sea and a gentle south-westerly breeze. At 10...
ARDROSSAN.—On the afternoon of the 31st January it was reported that a man and woman had been observed at about 7 A.M. going off in a small punt to Horse Island for the purpose of gathering whelks, and as a gale had suddenly sprung up from...