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Emulate II
At 11.48 a.m. on 20th May, 1967, it was reported that the motor fishing vessel Emulate II had fired a flare between Brimsness and Dounresy and was drifting on to rocks. The life-boat Pentland (Civil Service No. 31} was launched at 12 noon in...
Susan
On the afternoon of the 22nd August fourteen local fishing cobles were at sea outside the harbour entrance. A moderate N.E.
breeze was blowing, and the sea was rough and breaking owing to a very strong outflow from the...
T.T.H.
Clacton-on-Sea, and Walton and Frinton, Essex.—Early on the morning of the 27th January, the barge T.T.H., of London, bound from Brightlingsea for Chatham with a load of shingle, got into difficulties. She lost her rudder and started a bad...
The S.S. Barren Hill
Sheringham, Norfolk. — During the afternoon of the 3rd of May, 1949, a vessel was seen to be stopped about five miles oft shore, and it was thought that she was on Sheringham Shoal. The life-boat Foresters Centenary was launched at 3.25, in...
Bryter
Southend-on-Sea, Essex.—At 1.25 on the afternoon of the 21 st of September, 1953, the life-boat coxswain saw a yacht two and a half miles east-south- east of the pier which appeared to be in difficulties. At 1.35 the life-boat Greater London...
Your shout
My husband and I were on Newgale Beach, Pembrokeshire, on Tuesday 17 July.
We climbed to the top of the shingle bank and saw two surfers in trouble. Along with others, we stood watching the absolutely heroic...
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French Medals for Three Life-Boat Crews. Barry Dock, Torbay and Longhope
Barry Dock, Torbay and Longhope.
THE French Government has awarded medals to English, Scottish and Welsh life-boat crews for gallantry last winter.
During the seven months, from the beginning of...
Category: Medals
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The S.S. Rubaan
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The S.S. Rubaan, of Glasgow, struck the rocks a mile S.W. of The Lizard. A strong E.N.E. breeze was blowing, with a moderate sea. At 1.45 A.M. the motor lifeboat Duke of York was...
Beatrix, of Whitby
The life-boat Letitia was launched about midnight on the j 12th February, 1869, in reply to signals of distress from the brig Beatrix, of Whitby, which was riding heavily in the Roads near Gorton Gapway, with her mainmast cut; away, during a...