FOUR LIFE-BOATS IN SEARCH OF A YACHT Padstow, Cornwall, Clovelly, Appledore, and Dfracombe, Devon.—On the llth of November, 1947, the motor yacht Ocean Spray, with a crew of two men and a woman, ran«into very bad weather off the north...
LYDD AND NEW ROMNEY, KENT.—On the morning of the 25th November, during a fresh gale from the W.S.W., and a heavy sea, the barque Haab, of Moss, Norway, bound from New York to Rotterdam, with a cargo of grain, grounded on the outer end of the...
PORTHDINLLAEN.—On the 10th April, at 9.30 P.M., during a heavy gale from E.S.E., the s.s. Baroi, of Newcastle, anchored outside the proper roadstead in Porthdinllaen Bay. The wind afterwards shifted to E.N.E., and a heavier sea sprung up,...
Bronze medallists: (I to r) Dannie McKay of Wick; he saved three men and their coble among rocks in a gale (full report: THE LIFEBOAT, winter '84185); David Clemence of llfracombe who pulled a yacht and her terrified occupant from rocks... - View image in PDF
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On 17 September, the trawler Dorothy May ran out of fuel, having been using it at a faster rate than usual.
A further fault meant that her battery hadn’t charged and she lost electrical power, rendering her radio useless....
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SIX RESCUED FROM CABIN CRUISER IN NEAR GALE The Mumbles, Glamorganshire. At 12.45 on the afternoon of the 28th October, 1962, a message was received from the coastguard that a cabin cruiser appeared to be in difficulties north-west of Port...
Collision Aftermath The collision between the cruise liner Norwegian Dream and the container vessel Ever Decent off the coast of Kent in the early hours of Tuesday 24 August 1999 comes as a sharp reminder of how important it is to be...
THE " season " of the Life-boat Saturday Collections throughout the country opened this year under very favourable auspices, and the Committees, greatly encouraged by the excellent certificate recently given to the movement by the...
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ON the 2nd December the three-masted Dutch motor schooner Hermina, which the crew, and courageous determination on the part of them all, could have had been sheltering in Fishguard i successfully brought the Life-boat, Harbour, left for...
ON the 2nd December the three-masted Dutch motor schooner Hermina, which had been sheltering in Fishguard Harbour, left for Rotterdam. During the night the wind freshened until it was blowing a moderate gale from N. W., and she was compelled...
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