Five lifeboats in long search for lost fishermen Newcastle, Co. Down's, Oakley class lifeboat Jane Hay and Portaferry's Atlantic 21 Blue Peter V took part in long searches for the two crewmen from a fishing boat Silver Quest which...
Longhope, Orkneys.—At 10.45 on the morning of the 9th of March, 1957, a message was received that a ship's boat had been seen drifting between Stroma and C'antick Head. At 11.15 the life-boat Thomas McCunn was launched in a slight...
FISHGUARD.—On the 15th of September this place was visited by a very strong gale from the N.N.E., accompanied by a heavy sea. The smack Catherine, of Cardigan, bound thence to Swansea, in ballast, and the brigantine Osnabrick, of Papenberg,...
Figureheads were a feature of this fishermen's hut (left) which once stood near the harbour mouth at Lowestoft, Suffolk. The figureheads shown below portray (left to right) William IV, the Sailor King1; a woman who once adorned the bow... - View image in PDF
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(Right) The Duke of Kent, President of the RNLI, at the Banqueting House reception with (I. to r.) Mrs Siler, Admiral Owen W. Siler, Commandant of the US Coast Guard, and Dr L. Shackleton Fergus, a member of the appeal committee. (Above)... - View image in PDF
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Ramsgate, Kent. — At C.25 in the evening of the 23rd of April, 1952, the shore attendant on the East Pier reported a ship aground near the Quern Buoy on the Brake Sands, and at 6.39 the life-boat Prudential left her moorings in a smooth sea....
Wells, Norfolk.—At ten o'clock on the evening of the 28th of May, 1956, a yacht was seen to be in difficulties north-east of Wells. At 10.30 the life-boat Cecil Paine was launched.
The sea was smooth, a moderate east-...
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FROGMEN SEARCHED At 12.10 a.m. on 3rd June, 1964, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that the Carmarthenshire police had asked for the life-boat's help in searching for a boy who had apparently fallen over the cliffs between...
Boulmer, Northumberland.—25th June, 1938. A yacht racing from Holy Island to Blyth had got into difficulties, but was picked up by another yacht manned by Sea Scouts. A letter of thanks and a donation were received from the owner.—Rewards,...