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The H.M.S Nith
A sad accident involving the loss of five lives occurred on the evening of 1st May to a Coastguard boat belonging to Shingle Street. The boat earlier in the day had been to Aldeburgh, and when returning to Shingle Street capsized near the...
Film Winner In Italy
A 24-MiNUTE film on the life-boat service, Part-Time Heroes, won a silver cup presented by the Ministry of Naval Defence when shown this year at a review of maritime docu- mentaries during the Milan Fair.
The film shows a...
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Offshore Lifeboat Services December 1976 January and February 1977
Angle, Dyfed December 6.
Anstruther, Fife February 20.
Appledore, North Devon December 2, January 12, February 17, 18 and 21.
Baltimore, Co. Cork January 10.
Barry Dock,...
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An American Fortress Aeroplane (5)
NOVEMBER 29TH. - WELLS, NORFOLK.
An American Fortress aeroplane had been reported down, but the life-boat was recalled by Hunstanton coastguard. While the lifeboat out, batteries on shore twice fired machine...
Siskin
Fishermen stranded by engine failure There are many situations that a lifeboat coxswain does not look forward to.
Bad weather, manoeuvring with boats close together, towing a heavy, unwieldy vessel, waiting at sea for the...
J. W. R.
BALLANTRAE.—The fishingboat J. W. R., of this port, was seen to have lost halyards and mast, which had been broken by the violence of the gale, on the 30th December,! and it being impossible for the crew to run her ashore, the Life-boat...
Casamance (2)
FEBRUARY 17TH. - HARTLEPOOL, AND SEAHAM, DURHAM, AND REDCAR, AND WHITBY, YORKSHIRE. Shortly after midnight a message came to the Hartlepool honorary secretary’s house from the coastguard that the life-boat was wanted. The honorary secretary...
The Finnish Tramp Steamer Ramfdal
FINNISH STEAMER Dunbar, East Lothian. At noon on 27th May, 1964, a fisherman reported that a vessel had run ashore about three miles north of Dunbar. Twelve minutes later the life-boat Margaret put to sea.
There was a light...
Three Metal Floats
JULY 22ND. - RHYL, FLINTSHIRE, AND NEW BRIGHTON, CHESHIRE. During the afternoon four young men, holiday visitors from Coventry, went out on three metal floats from Prestatyn. The sea was rough and a strong south-westerly wind was blowing.<...