Seaham, Durham.—On the evening of the 15th January the s.s. West Hika, of Mobile, U.S.A., sent out a wireless call for help. She was a vessel of over three thousand tons, carrying a crew of thirty-eight, and had gone...
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NOVEMBER 5TH. - WALMER, KENT. At 12.2 in the afternoon a message from H.M.S.
Lundy, which was anchored off Deal, was received through the Deal coastguard, that a cutter from the Lundy, with a crew of seven, had been engaged...
NEWHAVEN. — The Life-boat Michael Henry was launched at 2.20 P.M. on the 23rd March, a ship having been reported ashore and proceeded to Crowlink where the s.s. Saturnus, of Amsterdam, homeward bound with a general cargo, was found stranded....
PATIENT TRANSFERRED Kilmore, Co. Wexford. At 9.10 a.m.
on 14th October, 1964, the Irish Lights Office requested the use of the life-boat to transfer a sick man from the Barrels lightvessel. The sea was smooth and it was two...
APRIL 13TH. - BEAUMARIS, ANGLESEY.
At 9.15 P.M. a message was received from the commander of the Menai Straits yacht patrol that a tug, which had stranded near Puffin Island, was sinking rapidly. A light S.W. breeze was...
Reporting To The Coxswain Coxswain Henry Parr of Blackpool. - View image in PDF
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In The Great Gale of November 23rd 1938. - View image in PDF
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The Duchess of Kent and Coxswain Sydney Cann. - View image in PDF
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Admiral Sir Wilfrid Woods, former Chairman of the RNLI.. - View image in PDF
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