On the 8th April, during very stormy weather, with the wind at N.E.
and a very heavy sea running, signals of distress were shown from the yacht Oruiskeen Lawn, of Wexford, which vessel was stranded on the north end of the...
On 26th February a fierce gale from the S.E. sprang up at Bridlington, and the sea rose rapidly, making it very difficult and dangerous for the fishing fleet to return to harbour. The piers were buried under the heavy seas, and the spray was...
At 9 P.M. on the 24th January a vessel was observed on the Barber Sands. The crew of the No. 1 Life-boat, Covent Garden, were mustered, and in very cold snowy weather the boat was launched. The wind was moderate, but the sea was heavy on the...
On the 18th May, shortly after noon, information was received that a vessel was ashore on the Gorton Sands. The crew of the No. 1 Life-boat Mark Lane were im- mediately summoned and the Life-boat launched. On the inner bank, the brigantine...
A Fine Service by the Broughty Ferry Motor Life-boat.
A VEKY fine service was performed by the Broughty Ferry Motor Life-boat on the llth April, 1919, when she rescued six pilots from the pilot cutter Day Dream, of Dundee....
A good deal: the Thames was much calmer than Bruce Forsyth when he was taken for a ride in a D class inflatable lifeboat. The lifeboat was the result of a special Christmas version of Brace's TV show Play Your Cards Right when the... - View image in PDF
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on the 9th March the schooner Vixen of Fowey was wrecked on the beach about two and a half miles to the north of Palling. She was laden with burnt ore and was bound from London to the Tyne. The crew consisted...
SUFFOLK. — The trawler favourite, of Great Yarmouth, whilst making for the harbour in a strong E.N.E. wind and a rough sea on the night of the 9th August, grounded on the North Sand. She was observed from the pier, and the crew of the No. 2...
On the 14th December the schooner Adina, of London, was totally wrecked during a strong gale from the S.W. and heavy sea, near the East Holm Buoy, on the Gorton Sand, off Lowestoft.
The Lcetitia life-boat at the latter...
On the morning of the 27th November, the fishing-boats were again overtaken by stormy weather, but they all, with the exception of the Indefatigable, reached the land. The Co- Operator No. 1 Life-boat put off at 11.45, and remained in...