AIDED SURVEY SHIP Peel, Isle of Man. At 4.55 p.m. on 6th October, 1964, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that the British survey ship Hamburg had sent out a distress call stating that she had run into a strong south-westerly gale...
POLISH TRAWLERS GUIDED TO HARBOUR Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland.
On the afternoon of the llth August, 1962, the yacht My Lady of Hartlepool, which had a crew of five, grounded on a sandbank just inside the entrance to...
Stromness, Orkneys.—At 2.55 on the afternoon of the 20th of January, 1955, a local County Councillor asked if the life-boat would take a doctor and a nurse from Stromness to Hoy to attend a very old lady who had pneu- monia at Linksness. The...
Cromer, Norfolk.—On the morning of the 6th of February, 1950, after the local boats had left for the fishing grounds sixteen miles south-east of Cromer, there were indications of a north-easterly gale approaching. It was decided, therefore,...
Bembridge, Isle of Wight.—At 2.36 on the morning of the 7th of July, 1957, the Foreland coastguard telephoned that red flares had been seen near Ventnor pier. He added that some local boats had gone out to a yacht and there appeared to be no...
Hastings, Sussex. At 5.8 on the afternoon of the 18th of May, 1960, the coastguard informed the motor mechanic that a small sailing dinghy had capsized off St. Leonards about a quarter of a mile from the shore. At 5.18 the life-boat M.T.C....
Clogher Head, Co. Louth. At 10.40 on the night of the 21st August, 1961, thehonorary secretary was informed that a small boat with three boys on board had failed to return to the harbour. At 11.15 on the ebbing tide the life-boat George and...
Sir William Arnold, Guernsey's new 52' Arun lifeboat, was named by HRH the Duchess of Kent at St Peter Port on May 23; it was the first visit made by the Duchess to Guernsey—on a day of sun and showers she was warmly welcomed by the... - View image in PDF
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Torbay: The crew from the cargo vessel Majorca are put ashore at Brixham. At 0430 on Saturday September 18, 1982, Majorca, 20 miles south east of Straight Point, sent out a may day call; she had a list of 5 degrees and her cargo was shifting... - View image in PDF
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Beaumaris, October 18, 1986: within hours of her official handing over and dedication ceremony the new Atlantic 21 lifeboat at Beaumaris was called out on service. The lifeboat was provided by the BBC television programme Blue Peter whose... - View image in PDF
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