During a water safety demonstration at Port Isaac, Cornwall, the local IRB and the Padstow life-boat, with other organisations, combined to show what happens when, for example, a sailing dinghy is upset. Here the Port Isaac IRB is making for... - View image in PDF
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Southend-on-Sea, Essex.—At 5.46 on the afternoon of the 28th of July, 1956, the coastguard rang up to say that the police had reported two boys adrift on a raft in the River Medway between Isle of Grain and All Hallows. The life-boat Greater...
Walmer, Kent.—At 6.51 on the even- ing of the 15th of May, 1951, the Deal coastguard telephoned that a yacht had broken down one mile north-east of the South Goodwin lightvessel and was drifting towards the Goodwin Sands. A small boat could...
Fenit, Co. Kerry.—At 5.30 on the afternoon of the 1-lth of September, 1955, the honorary secretary noticed that the fishing boat Daisy Picker, of Tralee, was towing a raft towards Upper Tralee Bay. The tide was ebbing strongly, and half-way...
Newhaven, Sussex—At 6.15 on the evening of the 2nd of November, 1952, the coastguard telephoned that a vessel half a mile south of East Pier was making SOS signals on a lamp and siren. At 6.40 the life-boat Cecil and Lilian Philpott was...
OCTOBER 10TH. - CAMPBELTOWN, ARGYLLSHIRE. At 10.50 in the morning the Southend coastguard reported a naval vessel aground near Kildonan Point. The naval authorities said that a tug and a frigate were going to her help, but at 11.10 they...
Stronsay, Orkneys.—At 1.15 on the afternoon of the 12th of May, 1956, the Kirkwall coastguard reported that a Norwegian fishing vessel was ashore on Yasa Skerry and that another in attempting to help her had also run aground. The life-boat...
THE LIFE-BOAT FLEET 156 Motor Life-boats 1 Harbour Pulling Life-boat LIVES RESCUED from the foundation of the Life-boat Service in 1824 to September 30th, 1949 - 76,606 The Prime Minister on the Life-Boat Service4 I HAVE the...
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On the night of the 3rd May, or rather at 1 A.M. on the 4th, a very gallant service was rendered by the crew of the Caistor life-boat, in rescuing, under circumstances of much danger, the crew of the schooner Trial, of Poole, 7 in number. On...
JULY 25TH. - CLACTON - ON - SEA, ESSEX.
An aeroplane had come down in the sea, but only traces of oil could be found- Rewards, £9 1s..