AUG. 28TH. - FRASERBURGH, ABERDEENSHIRE.
A motor fishing boat had been reported ashore, and the life-boat put out in a dense fog, but she was recalled as her help was not needed. - Rewards, £9 13s..
IN our Annual Report published in May last special attention was drawn to the fact that during the year 1890 the Committee had been compelled to spend as much as 33,354?. 13s. 10d in excess of their ordinary income, and that they had been...
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Clacton-on-Sea, Essex.—At 11.10 on the morning of the 22nd of December, 1954, the coastguard reported that two men in a rowing boat two miles east of the pier were waving a white rag on an oar. At 11.23 the life-boat Sir Godfrey Raring was...
St. David's, Pembrokeshire.—At eight o'clock on the evening of the 20th of August, 1955, the coastguard rang up to say that the motor boat from Ramsey Island bound for St. Justinian had broken down and was drifting past St. David'...
Inset- The Red Arrows take time out of their busy schedule to put on a stunning display.. - View image in PDF
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Three rescued RED FLARES sighted off Saltfleet Haven were reported to the honorary secretary of Mablethorpe lifeboat station by Humber Coastguard at 1940 on Sunday August 24, 1980, and, with the assistance of shore helpers, the station's...
Lytham St. Annes, Lancashire.—At 10.15 on the morning of the 31st of January, 1953, the life-boat coxswain reported that two men were in diffi- culties in a rowing boat. They had anchored two miles east of Lytham pier and were flying a...
St. Helier, Jersey - At 2.45 a.m. on i8th June, 1966, a small fishing boat was reported overdue. There was a light south south westerly breeze with a slight sea. Inquiries were made as to the boat's expected arrival and it was learnt...
MARCH 2ND. - PLYMOUTH, DEVON. A British Sunderland flying boat was reported to have been forced down, but the life-boat was recalled by wireless as another aeroplane had gone to her help. - Rewards, £6 13s..
THE Central Committee of the Life-boat Saturday Fund and the District and Local Life-boat Saturday Committees through- out the country deserve the hearty congratulations of all friends to the Life-boat cause for the pluck and " staying...
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