AID FOR ANGLERS Eastbourne, Sussex. At 1.45 p.m. on 2Oth October, 1963, the secretary of the local angling association told the honorary secretary that two of their members aged 78 and 60 were in a motor boat broken down about four miles off...
FEBRUARY 3RD. - SOUTHEND - ON - SEA, ESSEX. At 4.5 in the morning the naval control at Southend reported that H.M.
drifter Silver Seas had been abandoned and was adrift to the west side of Southend pier.
This service to the Hamburg was quickly followed by a service to another German sailing ship, also of Hamburg, the four-masted pole-rigged ship Paul, This service took place the following day Jon the Welsh coast. The ship, which was on her...
Arun saves yacht and skipper after long tow in severe weatherThe RNLI's chief of operations has written to thank the crews of both the Falmouth and Lizard lifeboats following a service involving both lifeboats on 16 February...
Tanker ablaze NEWS OF A COLLISION between the 76,000-tonne Greek tanker Orleans and a 295-tonne Dutch fishing vessel, Jan Van Toon, reached Cromer lifeboat station at 0815 on the morning of Friday January 24, 1986. The tanker, about 65 miles...
All in a season's work RNLI Divisional Inspector Colin Williams gives a round up of all things operational this Spring in the island of Ireland Our crews experience everything that the Irish Sea and Atlantic Ocean can muster, as...
COURTMACSHERRY, CO. CORK. On the 1st January, 1904, the Life-boat Kezia Gwilt rendered very useful service to the barque Faulconnier, of Dunkirk.
During a strong breeze from E.S.E. and rough sea, with somewhat hazy weather,...
Keith lli:ih hn, the ItNIJ's Senior Naval Arrhitn t. looks :it lifeboat development over the past 175 v. rs, Modern lifeboats are highly sophisticated craft with unique features which enable them to survive when lesser craft would be in...
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OCTOBER 1 2TH. - BALTIMORE, CO.
CORK. A vessel had been reported in distress, but it was found that a mistake had been made. - Rewards, £26 4s..
AUGUST 3RD. - HOLYHEAD, ANGLESEY.
A motor boat with six people onboard had been reported adrift, but it reached land unaided. - Rewards, £7 10s.