MCH. 10TH. - ANSTRUTHER, FIFESHIRE.
A fishing boat had gone ashore, but she refloated unaided. - Rewards, £17 10s..
MARCH 20TH. - NORTH SUNDERLAND, NORTHUMBERLAND. A fishing boat’s engine had broken down, but the crew were able to repair it. - Rewards, £8 19s. 6d..
NOVEMBER 18TH. - HOWTH, CO. DUBLIN.
A fishing boat’s engine had broken down, but the boat declined help and drifted to safety. - Rewards, £14 6s. 6d..
NOVEMBER 1ST. - PORT ASKAIG, HEBRIDES.
A motor boat had been reported overdue, but, she reached Port Ellen without help. - Rewards, £14 18s. 6d..
Filey, Yorkshire.—During the morning of the 15th of September, 1953, the local fishing coble Isabella put to sea with a crew of three to work her crab pots near Brig buoy. The weather was bad, and at 10.50 it was decided to launch the...
DECEMBER 23RD. - LYTHAM - ST.ANNE’S, LANCASHIRE. The motor life-boat Dunleary had just returned from searching for an aeroplane when a message was received from the senior naval officer at Preston asking the life-boat to take a message to a...
FEBRUARY 17TH. - PADSTOW, CORNWALL.
A steam trawler had grounded on the bar, but later she got off and made for harbour under a pilot. - Rewards, £11 10s..
Surfer saved by Atlantic after night search in severe weather The Thanks of the Institution on Vellum has been awarded to Nigel Sweeny, the helmsman of St Catherine's (Jersey, Channel Islands) lifeboat during a night service in severe...
The angry state of the sea at the time is well illustrated in this striking aerial picture of the wreck of the m.v. Anzio / off the Lincolnshire coast on 3rd April, 1966. Some of the crew of the Number life-boat were injured because of the... - View image in PDF
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TWO YOUTHS SAVED—FOUR BOATS ESCORTED Tynemouth, Northumberland. At 11.20 on the morning of Sunday, the 29th September, 1963, the coxswain told the honorary secretary that a small boat was in trouble off the river Tyne. This was confirmed by...