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Category: Articles
Thomas Goulden, of London
Bridlington, Yorkshire - At 8.49 p.m.
on 16th December, 1967, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that, following an explosion aboard her, the collier Thomas Goulden of London was making for Bridlington with a...
The Converted Ship's Life-Boat Andy
Swanage, Dorset.—At about 2.50 P.M.
on the 17th July, 1938, the St.
Albans Head coastguard reported that a cabin cruiser two or three miles S.E.
of the Head was making signals of distress...
The S.S. Alpine
At 10.15 A.M.
on the 1st December the coastguard at Ballycastle reported that the s.s. Apine, of Glasgow, a collier, bound empty from Londonderry to Glasgow, was dragging her anchors and drifting towards the reefs at...
Sybilla, of Castlebay
AUGUST 2ND. - BARRA ISLAND, HEBRIDES. About five in the evening information was received from the coastguard that a motor boat appeared to be in difficulties off Greanhead. A south-east wind was blowing, with a moderate sea. The motor...
Lapwing, of Liverpool
DOUGLAS, ISLE OF MAN.—On the 18th February the brigantine Lapwing, of Liverpool, bound from that port to New Calabar, was at anchor in a dangerous position, having previously lost sails, &c., in Douglas Bay; the master and part of the...
Coming Up the Cliffs
(For an account of this service, see opposite page.). - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Pauline Morris Chairman of Newquay Ladies' Guild Cornwall and Her Husband Mr M H Morris Station Honorary Secretary Run a Dance Club In Aid of the Rnli Which
Pauline Morris, chairman of Newquay ladies' guild, Cornwall, and her husband, Mr M. H. Morris, station honorary secretary, run a dance club in aid of the RNLI which meets at the WI Hall every Saturday evening. A small charge is made for... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Record of Rescues In 1965
1965 month January February March April May June July August September October November December Number of times life-boats called out on service 1965 63 38 54 90 72 98 104 179 1 02 76 104 58 1,038 Lives saved by life-boats 1965 30 4 36 77...
Category: Services
The Royal Air Force Launch No. 1653
Ramsey, Isle of Man. At 4.1 on the afternoon of the 28th August, 1961, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the Royal Air Force launch No. 1653 had broken down off Jurby Head. At 4.15 the life-boat Thomas Corbett was launched...