Galway Bay. At 5.30 p.m. on i8th February, 1966, the local medical officer of health informed the honorary secretary that he had taken a woman patient from Inishmaan Island to Kilronan in a small fishing boat, but due to weather conditions...
MOTHER WAS ILL At 9.30 p.m. on 2nd June, 1964, the police told the honorary secretary that H.M.S. Malcolm was due to arrive off Scarborough at 10 p.m. and had to land a rating who needed to see his seriously ill mother. The high tide and...
EIGHT ON BOARD Hartlepool, Co. Durham. At 8.10 p.m. on 25th July, 1964, the coastguard informed the coxswain that a small boat was reported to be in difficulties one mile east of the breakwater. Her crew were signalling for help. The tide...
The Essex County Council has arranged for the extraordinary happenings at the end of January and the beginning of February, 1953, when large parts of the east coast were flooded, to be recorded in a splendidly produced and well illustrated...
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Longhope, Orkneys. — Early on the morning of the 31st of January, 1957, the fishing yawl Sylvia, of Kirkwall, put out for lobster fishing. Before she was due to return a strong gale blew up, and as it was known that it would be extremely...
Guernsey ladies' guild has its own 'lifeboat', a mobile souvenir stall which attracts great interest wherever she goes. Roger Wood designed Lady Goodwill and built her with the help of other lifeboat supporters; materials were... - View image in PDF
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— The fish- ing boats were out on the 7th July, and by noon bad weather had set in. A moderate E.S.E. gale was blowing, with a heavy sea. The coxswain was told by fishermen coming ashore that the local coble Quest was still at sea and in a...
Whitby, Yorkshire.—As the tide ebbed during the afternoon of the 8th April, 1938, a rough sea began to break heavily outside the pier ends, making the harbour entrance dangerous. • A strong N.
breeze was blowing. The motor...
NEW QUAY | 10 JULY
A 9-year-old schoolgirl who got trapped under giant rocks at Aberaeron Beach, was freed by New Quay lifeboat crew. The girl, in welly boots, became stuck during a game of...
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COVER PICTURE Dunbar inshore lifeboat returns to harbour after giving display on lifeboat day, July 20. She is a 16' D class inflatable lifeboat built by RFD. Inner tubes fitted within the buoyancy tubes markedly improve air-holding over... - View image in PDF
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