THE 29th July last was "Life-boat Sunday" at Bangor Cathedral, sermons being preached by the Rev. T. LLOYD KYFFIN, M.A., Rector of Llanfaes, Angle- sey, formerly Honorary Secretary at the Cemaes Life-boat Station, and the col-...
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Glacton-on-Sea and Southend-on-Sea, Essex.—At 8.51 on the evening of the 27th of September, 1956, the Clacton coastguard telephoned that a vessel was in need of help off no. 11 Barrow buoy. At 9.10 the Clacton life-boat Sir Godfrey Baring...
Aith, July 25,1986: With a population of just 220, Aith played host to their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales and welcomed more than 600 seated guests and participants for the naming of the community's new Arun class... - View image in PDF
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If there was ever any doubt that the RNLI's technical team designs its lifeboats so that they are sturdy enough to face the worst possible conditions, then the events of Sunday. 9 September were surely proof enough.
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The Life-boat Cotton Sheppard, stationed here, was also launched the same day to the aid of the schooner St. Fergus, of Aberystwith, which had shown signals of distress on account of her being in very shallow water and in danger of striking...
At 10 A.M. on the 26th March the brig Arendal of Tonsburg, bound to Sunderland with a cargo of props, was making for the harbour, when she came to grief. There was a heavy sea run- ning at the time and the vessel struck the bar and remained...
— The schooner Mary Ann of Faversham, •whilst bovmd from London to Hull -with a cargo of chalk, on the 26th August stranded on the Gunfleet sand. Infor- mation reached Walton by telephone from the Lighthouse at 5.17 A.M., and with very...
In addition to the Dover Life-boat, the Ramsgate boat, Charles and Susanna Stephens, also put off to the barque Gudrun, and when endeavouring to get alongside, the boat was dashed against the barque and badly damaged. She got clear and...
WINTERTON, NORFOLK.—The steam trawler Teal, of London, returning to Lowestoft from the fishing grounds, in thick weather, on the night of the 17th January, stranded about a mile N. of Winterton. At about 1 A.M. she was seen by the look-out...
POOLE, DOHSET.—While a fresh wind was blowing from E.S.E. on the 5th February, a telephone message was received from the coastguard at Sandbanks stating that a vessel was on the Hook Sand and burning flares. The Lifeboat City Masonic Club...