Sprinting in to the 'finish line' at Dover Edward Jones cheques in with his contribution to the RNLI's funds.
Edward had met the crew of the Dover lifeboat while on holiday in the area, and was so impressed by... - View image in PDF
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MARCH 29TH. - LLANDUDNO, CAERNARVONSHIRE, AND BEAUMARIS, AND MOELFRE, ANGLESEY. A report had been received that an aeroplane was in distress and another that three men had baled out of an aeroplane, presumably the same one, but nothing could...
Caister, Norfolk, and Lowestoft, Suffolk.
— 17th May. A barge had grounded on Scroby Sand, but got off and was taken in tow by a tug.— Rewards, Caister, £14 12s. 6d.; Lowestoft, £13 175. Qd..
Cromer, Norfolk.—At 8.32 in the morning of the 25th of August, 1948, the coastguard telephoned that the s.s. Monte Nuria, of Bilbao, bound from Immingham to Buenos Aires with a cargo of coal, was aground at Sheringham. She had struck a sub-...
ONE night in Autumn, lately past, remembered by a chilly blast, That swept o'er all the country wide, While sitting at the warm fireside, I mused on all the trials sore, Of Mariners around our shore; As day by day, the papers tell,...
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THE question has often been asked—why are not life-boats propelled by steam power? It is a very natural question when we consider the difficulty of rowing any boat against a strong wind, and the much greater difficulty of doing so when, in...
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Lifeboatman put aboard yacht in gale force winds after skipper is taken ill The night-time rescue of two people aboard a yacht in gale force winds has earned Richard Hawkins, Coxswain/Mechanic of the Great Yarmouth and Gorleston lifeboat,...
Helicopter crash A MAYDAY distress call from the cockle boat Vallan reporting seeing a helicopter crash on Gat Sand, in the Wash, was intercepted by Yarmouth Coastguard at 1424 on Sunday June 26. A helicopter from RAF Coltishall just...
On the 9th Feb- ruary, the brig Human Empress was driven ashore near Redcar, in a very heavy gale and high surf. The Redcar life-boat was launched and proceeded to her aid, taking off her crew of 10 persons, and landing them in...
Senneris Cove 37ft 6m Rather lifeboat Diana White launched in a strong and squally north-north-westerly gale and very rough seas on February 6, 1983, to go to the help of the Irish passenger ferry St Killian II which had lost all power and... - View image in PDF
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