The motor Life-boat, James Stevens No. 14, was launched at 2.18 P.M. on the 6th Decem- ber to the assistance of a ketch which was reported in distress off Walton-on- the-Naze. When she arrived alongside she found the vessel was the Dutch...
Swanage, Dorset.—At 6.5 in the evening, on the 29th of August, 1950, the coastguard telephoned a message from the St. Albans Head coastguard that a motor boat was two miles south- west by west of the Head. There was no sign of...
WHEN in dark night of winter, fierce storms of wind and rain Howl round the cosy homestead, and lash the window pane, When over hill and tree top, we hear the tempest's roar, And hurricanes go sweeping on, from valley to the shore, When...
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OCTOBER 2ND. - SKEGNESS, LINCOLNSHIRE.
Distress flares had been reported about midnight, but nothing was found.- Rewards, £29 2s. 6d..
The " Mona " of Antwerp, on October 27th, 1928. Her cargo of coal had shifted and she had heavy list. The Peniee Motor Life-boat stood by until she got into Mount's Bay.. - View image in PDF
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MAY 1ST. - BUCKIE, BANFFSHIRE.
An aeroplane was reported to have come down in the sea north of Lossiemouth, but nothing was found. - Rewards, £3 5s. 6d..
DECEMBER 12TH. - BEAUMARIS ANGLESEY. An aeroplane had been reported to have crashed in the sea, but nothing could be found. - Rewards, £9 0s. 6d.
Exmouth: On Sunday June 12 Exmouth D class inflatable lifeboat, manned by Helmsman Clive Harris and Crew Member Christopher Douglas, launched to help a 14-year-old boy cut off by the tide on the rocks at Orcombe Point. Helmsman Harris first... - View image in PDF
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Howth, Co. Dublin - The life-boat A.M.T. was launched on 24th Angust, 1967, and landed the crew of two of a dinghy who had been rescued by the IRB. A full account of this service appears on page 304..
The RNLi's first tractor launching trials took place at Hunstanton in 1920.. - View image in PDF
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