RAMSGATE.—On the 22nd April the Life-boat Bradford and steam-tug Aid were called out by signal guns from the Gull Light-vessel, and left the harbour at 5.18 A.M. in a moderate E.N.E.
wind and hazy weather. The s.s. Kelloe,...
WHILE this Institution is endeavouring to supply our coasts with ample means for saving life on occasions of accident at sea, and whilst our sister institution, " The Shipwrecked Fishermen and Mariners' Royal Benevolent...
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FOUR MEN AND TWO WOMEN DRIFTING Weston-super-Mare, Somerset.—At 7.0 in the evening of the 17th of May, 1947, a resident at Sandbay telephoned that a cabin cruiser was drifting and making distress signals in the...
BOULMER, CULLERCOATS, NORTH SUNDERLAND, SCARBOROUGH, and TYNEMOUTH.— On the 7th January a sudden gale sprung up accompanied by a high sea, and between 9.30 A.M. and 4.45 P.M. five Lifeboats —the Meliscent, stationed at Boulmer, the...
On the 19th January, at 10 P.M., the schooner Thetis, of London, foundered 5 miles off St. Catherine's Point, on the south coast of the Isle of Wight. Her crew, 4 in number, took to their boat, and on the fol- lowing morning, between 8...
LIFE-BOAT AND TUG IN HARD TOW THE Falmouth, Cornwall, life-boat on 8th August, 1972, following the sighting of a redflare at about 3.40 a.m., saved a schooner and 10 people.
The wind was south westerly, force 6-7, with a...
A boat with its own fascinating RNLI history set out on a perfect day last Summer. Little did her crew know it was to be her last voyage …
‘We set off in ideal conditions – you couldn’t have...
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The Response Boat - Small (RB-S), similar to the RNU's B class concept. Andy Whyte has been involved in the development of the new standard fleet of small boats to replace the current mix of boats used. - View image in PDF
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Walton and Frinton, Essex.—At 9.30 on the evening of the 4th of August, 1954, a boatman reported that while he had been in his boat on a pleasure trip from the Naze to Walton River with passengers on board, he had seen a yacht go ashore on...
Two lifeboats save six from yacht in storm conditions Aldeburgh and Lowestoft lifeboats were both involved in a long, arduous service in Storm Force winds and extremely heavy seas when they rescued six people from a yacht in the North Sea at...