Some months ago, at Brid- lington, near Hull, during a strong S.E. gale, a small billyboy schooner came ashore south of the harbour of that place. She went into the bay and anchored in the afternoon. She soon dragged her...
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On the 29th Nov. the Life-boat Christopher L-udlow, of this station, rescued 6 men from the fish- ing hooker Littte Queen, of Dungarvan, which had lost her mast and was leaking.
There was a heavy cross-sea and a...
On the 8th March, a large ship, in attempting to make the River Tees, struck heavily on the Bar, and immediately showed signals of distress.
Soon afterwards she drifted on to the North Gare Sandbank. The wind was blowing...
CASTLETOWN, ISLE OF MAN.—A small yacht, the Luffra, of Douglas, was reported to be in distress and quite unmanageable off Santon Head while a whole gale was blowing from N.E. with a very heavy sea, on the 29th May. The Life-boat...
(from page 83) provided for inshore lifeboats or for conventional lifeboats, with the exception of 70' boats, but that the subject should be kept under review. This duty is now undertaken by the Medical and Survival Committee which...
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Whitby, Yorkshire.—At 11.45 on the morning of the 17th ofDecember, 1952, the coastguard reported that bad weather had made conditions danger- ous on the outer harbour bar. As fishing boats were still at sea, the No. 1 life-boat Mary Ann...
News and views The latest news from and about the RNLI Lifeboat services Life at the sharp end including two Bronze Medal rescues 8 Porthcawl to Fishguard 16 Howard Richings continues his look at lifeboat stations around the coast Kings of...
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On the 24th September, 1871, while it •was blowing strongly from the S.E., and a heavy sea was running, a vessel at anchor on a lee shore, near Caister, ex- hibited signals of distress. The No. 1 Life-boat on that station, the Birmingham,...