CLIFF CLIMBER FELL Swanage, Dorset. At i.i p.m. on 26th October, 1965, the life-boat's assistance was requested as a youth had fallen down the cliff two hundred yards west of Anvil Point. The life-boat R.L.P.
was...
INDIAN SHIP AGROUND Hartlepool, Co. Durham. At 10.15 a.m. on i4th March, 1964, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a vessel was ashore at Longscar. There was a full gale from the south-east with a rough sea. The crew...
The life-boat at Cromarty has been withdrawn and the conventional life-boat at Hartlepool has been replaced with a fast IRB.
These decisions follow a review undertaken by a working party of the Committee of Management of...
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the 'Skipper' by Swift 7x50 7x50 This is the basic naval binocular with the centre focus added for your convenience. It's a big rugged workhorse of a...
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Mallaig, Inverness-shire - At 1.40 a.m. on 19th March, 1969, the honorary secretary learnt that the fishing boat Ocean Starlight was ashore on the rocks at the entrance to Mallaig harbour. The life-boat E. M. M. Gordon Cubbin slipped her...
When the pilot of a Lightning jet aircraft from Leuchars had to abandon his aircraft on 4th March, 1970, life-boats from Broughty Ferry and Anstruther searched for him in darkness. The body of the pilot was finally found by the Broughty crew... - View image in PDF
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LAUNCH Porthdinllaen, Caernarvonshire. At 2.40 on the afternoon of the 28th May, 1962, the coastguard informed the coxswain that the yacht Scylla of Beaumaris was being towed by the R.A.S.C....
FISHING VESSEL STRIKES PIER IN NEAR GALE Bridlington, Yorkshire. At 2.15 on the afternoon of the 1st November, 1962, the harbour master informed the honorary secretary that several fishing vessels were at sea in deteriorating weather. At 3.0...
SEA ANCHOR PUT ABOARD KEELBOAT Scarborough, Yorkshire. At 12.15 on the afternoon of the 6th April, 1963, the coastguard informed the coxswain that the keelboat Courage intended to put into Scarborough harbour because of the severe weather...
TOW FOR MOTOR BOAT WITH THREE ABOARD Penlee, Cornwall. At 8.50 on the evening of the 13th April, 1963, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a small motor boat had broken down and was drifting on to the rocks at Carn Du. The...