Walton and Frinton, Essex. At 11.40 on the morning of the 7th of April, 1959, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a wireless message had been received from the Norwegian tanker Sigurdrinde that a yacht had been taken in tow...
Bembridge, Isle of Wight.—At 11.40 on the morning of the 24th of July, 1954, the Foreland coastguard telephoned that a yacht had been reported in difficulties on the Chichester harbour bar. At 11.49 the life-boat Jesse Lumb was launched. The...
Clacton-on-Sea, Essex. At 8.24 a.m.
on 5th April, 1964, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a yacht appeared to be aground on the Gunfleet sands north of Clacton. The boat was kept under observation and it...
Caister, Norfolk.—The pulling and sailing life-boat Charles Burton was launched at 7 A.M. on the 25th April, as a vessel had stranded on the west side of the Barber Sands. She found the yacht Mavan, with two men on board, on the sands N.W....
Cromer, Norfolk - At 7.25 p.m. on 30th August, 1968, an IRB crew member saw a small yacht dragging towards the shore. The IRB was launched at 7.28 in a light easterly breeze and a moderate swell. Itwas just after low water. She found the...
Fourteenth RNLI national lottery draw: as Janet Brown pulls out each winning ticket Joyce Pearce of the Appeals Department makes an immediate record of name and number.. - View image in PDF
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Our lifeboat crews and lifeguards carry out thousands of rescues every year. Here are just some of those caught on camera, and see the following pages for more reports:
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The skipper and one of the crew of the yacht Duet, competing in this year's Three Peaks Yacht Race, presented £J,255 raised in sponsorship to The Mumbles lifeboat station. (I to r) Second Coxswain Alan Jones, Coxswain Derek Scott,... - View image in PDF
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Margate, Kent. — At 8.20 on the morning of the 15th of July, 1957, the coastguard reported that a sail- ing yacht appeared to be ashore at Birchington about four and a half miles west of the look-out. Heavy rain squalls obscured the...
Campbeltown, Argyllshire. At 7.35 on the evening of the 24th of Septem- ber, 1958, the coastguard reported that a message had been received from the wife of a salmon fisherman at Machrihanish that a yacht was dragging her anchor in...