Shoreham Harbour, Sussex.—At 8.43 on the evening of the 31st of July, 1956, the coastguard rang up to say that the S.S. Greyfriars had reported that the motor cruiser Syrinx, of London, which had a crew of five, had broken down and was...
SCARBOBOTTGH.—The schooner London, of Hastings, bound from Hartlepool to Eye with coal, was seen making for the harbour, with only her fore staysail set, and with a signal of distress flying, at 9 A.M. on the 12th December, during a heavy...
DOCTOR ON BOARD At i p.m. on 28th February, 1964, the local doctor told the honorary secretary that a seriously ill patient needed immediate hospital treatment. There was a strong south-westerly breeze with a moderate sea, and the tide was...
It was a dark and stormy night...
The Invergordon lifeboat Douglas Aikman Smith was launched just before midnight on 10 May 2002, following reports that two craft were overdue at Golspie, in winds of Force 5-6. Contact was...
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AMERICAN STEAMER AGROUND Falmouth, Cornwall. — Shortly after 1.0 in the morning of February 1st, 1947, information was received from the coastguard that a steamer in the harbour was showing signals of distress.
A south-east...
100 years ago From the pages of THE LIFEBOAT February 1891 CIVIL SERVICE LIFEBOAT FUND At the annual meeting of the committee of this fund, held on the 16th January last, and presided over by Mr.
Charles G. Turner,...
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About 1 P.M. on the 28th December, JOSEPH Cox, the cox- swain of the Hope life-boat stationed at Appledore, was informed by the coast-guard that two vessels were embayed, and would probably go on shore. He instantly assembled his crew,...
Cloughey, Co. Down. At 4.40 on the afternoon of the 12th of October, 1958, the bowman told the coxswain that a small boat was burning flares near the North Rock. The life-boat Helen Sutton, on temporary duty at the station, was launched in a...
Lowestoft, Suffolk - At 2.30 p.m. on 1st November, 1967, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a yacht was aground on the Newcombe bank. The life-boat Frederick Edward Crick slipped her moorings at 2.40 in a southerly gale and...