On the 6th Januaty the brig Arefhuaa, of Myth, wfcnt ashore on the Gross Sand, near Grest Yarmouth. The Caister life-boat was immediately launched, and proceeded, under sail, to the rescue of her Crew, eight in number, whom she suc- ceeded...
On the 28th December this life-boat again went off, in reply to signals of distress from a vessel which was observed to stop in her course near the shoal of the Barber Sand.
On the -life-boat arriving alongside, the vessel...
On the 18th December last, the brig Eliza, of Montrose, drove from her anchors in Yarmouth roads and went on shore, during a violent gale from E.S.E. and heavy sea. The Gorles-ton seamen's life-boat was immediately launched and succeeded...
SEPTEMBER 15TH. - BARROW, LANCASHIRE.
At 11.25 at night the honorary secretary of the life-boat station received a telephone message from the Barrow police that a vessel was arriving off Lightening Knoll at midnight and...
RAMSGATE—On the 6th January the Life-boat Bradford, in tow of the steamtug Aid, left the harbour at 3.30 A.M., in a strong N.E. breeze with snow squalls and a heavy sea, signal guns having been fired from the Goodwin Sands. The tug and...
GORLESTON, SUFFOLK ; CAISTEB, WIXTERTON-, PALLING, AND CBOMEE, NORFOLK.—In the early hours of 29th January, the s.s. Newbarn of Newcastle, which is a big steamer of more than 3,000 tons, ran aground on the southern end of the Hasboro'...
Trapped below THE RAMSGATE/CALAIS HOVERCRAFT advised HM Coastguard Dover Straits at 0925 on Thursday August 4, 1977, that distress flares had been seen on the eastern edge of the Goodwin Sands, near the East Goodwin Lightvesselwhere a cabin...
OCTOBER 20TH. - ABERDEEN . A t 8.15 P.M. the Gregness coastguard reported that a steamer had been torpedoed nine miles off. An E.S.E. breeze was blowing, with a choppy sea. The No. 1 motor life-boat Emma Constance was launched at 8.50 P.M....
Eyemouth's 74m Trent class lifeboat in calmer seas.. - View image in PDF
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No article on the Zetland and the RNLI at Redcar would be complete without mention of Vera Robinson MBE. Vera joined the Redcar ladies lifeboat guild as a committee member in 1930 and has held every position in the fl guild during the last... - View image in PDF
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