APRIL 13TH. - FLEETWOOD, LANCASHIRE.
At 10.50 in the morning a Wellington bomber crashed in the sea a mile northwest of the life-boat station. The southerly breeze was light, the sea calm. As the coxswain and crew of the...
The Life-boat transporting-carriage is a very important auxiliary to the boat.
Nearly every Life-boat, except a few of the larger sizes, is provided with a carriage, on which she is kept in the boat-house ready for...
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The Life-boat transporting-carriage is a very important auxiliary to the boat.
Nearly every Life-boat, except a few of the larger sizes, is provided with a carriage, on which she is kept in the boat-house ready for...
Category: Articles
Two girls stranded A DOCK POLICEMAN at Hartlepool saw two girls stranded on a sewer pipe near Seaton Beach on the afternoon of Sunday May 27. He informed the Dock Master's office immediately and, as the crew were in the vicinity of the...
Atlantics join forces to save yacht crew on Chichester Bar The Institution's Bronze medal for bravery has been awarded to crew member Graham Raines of the Hayling Island lifeboat crew following a very difficult rescue involving two...
How do you keep a 24/7 search-and-rescue service running when a coxswain is taking a well-earned holiday? What about when a family emergency arises for the station mechanic? Or illness strikes? Meet the team who answer the call for...
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On rocks BELFAST COASTGUARD informed the honorary secretary of Donaghadee lifeboat station at 2355 on Thursday May 21, 1981, that a motor cruiser with three people on board was aground near the entrance to Copelands Marina, south of the...
ANNAN WATERFOOT, DUMFRIES-SHIRE. At 11.30 in the morning of the 27th of August, 1943, a Beaufort aeroplane crashed and exploded in the Solway Firth, about half a mile south-east of Annan Waterfoot. The sea was calm, with a light westerly...
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Arun tows yacht for 34 miles against NE gale Newhaven's Arun class Keith Anderson was involved in a long and arduous service on 4 April 1988 when she was at sea for nearly six-and-a-half hours in a NE gale, picking up her casualty and...
Father and son stranded FOUR MINUTES from the time the honorary secretary was alerted, Hastings' 16ftD class inflatable lifeboat was launched, manned by Helmsman Chris Cooper and Crew Members Graham Furness and Steven Martin. It was 1604...