On the afternoon of the 19th December the coxswain was warned that a vessel was ashore at Blackburn Rock, south of Ayr. A moderate S.E. breeze was blowing, with a moderate sea, and the weather was thick. The motor life-boat Sir David...
Aith, Shetland*.—At' 10 o'clock on the night of the 27th of January, 1949, a member of the crew of the motor fishing vessel Ivy Lea, of Lerwick, which had put out the previous morn- ing, telephoned that the Ivy Lea had broken down,...
Holyhead, Anglesey. — At 6.10 in the evening of the 26th of June, 1949, the coastguard reported that the motor fishing boat Maureen, with twelve on board, had broken down off the Skerries.
She had reached Skerries Island,...
Newhaven, Sussex.—At 8.20 P.M. on the 13th July, 1938, the coastguard reported that a small motor yacht about two miles S.E. of the look-out appeared to be flying an ensign upsidedown, thus making a signal of distress.
A...
Poolbeg, Co. Dublin.—At 9.10 on the evening of the 18th of July, 1954, the Dublin Port and Docks Board Bathing Master telephoned that a yacht had run ashore between No. 4 and No. 6 buoys in the River Liffey. At 9.40 the life-boat Helen Blake...
At 8.45 p.m. on 13th June, 1968, the coxswain learnt that a sick man aboard the m.v. Delphic Eagle, at anchor in Bull anchorage, needed medical assistance. The life-boat City of Bradford HI, with a doctor on board, was launched at 9.20 in a...
In this issue News and Views The latest news from and about the RNLI Lifeboat Services 10 The work of the Institution around the coast On the Road 16 Taking instruction to the lifeboat stations with the Mobile Training Units A Day in the...
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Rough conditions for Brighton's Atlantic Ashort but difficult service by Brighton's Atlantic 75 last December has earned two of her crew the Institution's Thanks on Vellum. Prompt action, good seamanship, a brave swim in rough...
4th December. A vessel grounded, but got off without help and went on her way.
—Rewards, £44 12s. Qd..
Filey, Yorkshire.—18th September.
A vessel had gone ashore, but got off and went on her way.—Rewards, £20 12s..