Lowestoft, Suffolk.—On the morning of the 3rd January, 1939, the sailing boat Roustabout, of Lowestoft, left harbour with a crew of four. At 11.30 A.M. the life-boat coxswain, who had gone to the coastguard lookout, saw the boat drifting...
Thurso, Caithness - At 5 p.m. on 22nd May, 1967, it was learned that there was a sick man on board the S.S. Matina.
The life-boat Pentland (Civil Service No.31) proceeded at 9.18 in a strong south easterly breeze and a...
APRIL 14TH. - GALWAY BAY. At 12.50 in the morning word was brought to the lifeboat coxswain that a vessel was in distress.
A south-east gale was blowing, with a heavy sea. At 1.15 the motor life-boat K.E.C.F. was launched...
ROBIN HOOD'S BAY, YORKSHIRE.—The fishing coble Star of Bethlehem, of Scarborough, was seen some distance off the bay, on the morning of the 30th April, and, as the heavy sea then running'would render -it very dangerous for her to...
On the 19th February the services of the Fleetwood life-boat were again called into requisition. A vessel with a flag of distress flying, was observed to be on shore; the wind blowing a gale from N.N.W. at the time, with heavy squalls. The...
JANUARY 6TH. - CAISTER, NORFOLK.
At 1.5 in the afternoon, the Great Yarmouth coastguard reported two barges aground on Scroby Sands. A fresh westerly wind was blowing, with a choppy sea. The motor life-boat Jose'...
Launch of Samuel Lewis towards the end of World War I bv horses from honorurv secretary Charles Grantham s farm. A driver sal on each horse, which was attached to the carriage b a trip link. As each horse approached deep water, his driver... - View image in PDF
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Another rescue was effected at this life- boat station on the 19th October. The schooner Trusty, of Boston, was stranded off Runton about a mile and a-half eastward of Sheringham Beach. It was blowing a fearful gale from the N.N.E. at the...
Winning rowers the Hythe Hookers - pictured with the Sergeant Peppers!. - View image in PDF
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SOME record, although brief, of our hea- viest storms may prove useful for reference at some future day, when the whole subject of shipwreck comes to be inquired into, as sooner or later it must. The disastrous gale of September last, which...
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