Plymouth, Devon. At 3.25 on the morning of the 4th of December, 1960, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the motor vessel Edenside in Plymouth Sound was dragging her anchors and had asked for the help of the life-boat. There...
Wick,Caithness-shire. At five o'clock on the morning of the 8th of March, 1961, the coastguard informed the hon- orary secretary that the motor fishing vessel Loyal Friend was ashore on the Skerries. At 5.20, when the life-boat City of...
AT the annual meeting of the Committee, held on the 10th Jan., at the General Post Office, the Honorary Secretary, Mr. CHARLES DIBDIN, F.R.G.S., reported that the Fund had experi- enced more than usual prosperity during the past year,...
Category: Meetings
About half-past three o'clock on the morning of the 25th Janu- ary, while the wind was blowing strongly from the east, and during a heavy snow- storm, the brig Sarah, of Sunderland, bound from that port to Southampton with coal, and...
The Pamir and the Margate life-boat (See page 334). - View image in PDF
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IN the last number of The Life-boat in the account of the service by the Walton and Frinton life-beat to the London barge Esterel, the date of the service was given as 4th November, 1939.
It sheuld have been 14th...
Category: Medals
Sir William Milliyan presenting the vellum to the Mayor.. - View image in PDF
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Sir William Priestley at the helm. On his left, Mrs. Moss Howson ; on his* right, the Lord Mayor of Bradford and the Lady Mayoress ; behind him, Mr. G. G. Stephenson. Lord Deramore is on the left of the picture, and Coxswain Cross on the... - View image in PDF
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The Life-boat and Steamer used in the Rescue Scene.. - View image in PDF
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CULLERCOATS.—After the fishing-boats had left the harbour on the morning of the 13th February, a high sea sprung up, rendering it dangerous for the boats to return. It was therefore considered expedient to launch the Life-boat Gooperator No,...