The Peterhead lifeboat powers her way through heavy seas to the assistance of the Runswick, Satwick and Fidra.
Painting by Tim Thompson..
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DOCTOR TAKEN TO FRENCH TANKER Lowestoft, Suffolk. At 5.40 on the afternoon of the 6th November, 1962, the honorary secretary received a telegram stating that the 37,000 ton tanker Esso Parentis, of Le Havre, had asked for a doctor. At 6.5...
1971: {right) The Queen Mother talks to Thurso lifeboat crew after naming The Three Sisters, and . . .. - View image in PDF
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On the night of the 16th September, 1859, the brig Eagle, of Sunderland, anchored in a leaky state off Bridlington Quay, the wind blowing a heavy gale from the eastward. Finding the water fast gaining on them, the master was compelled to...
ENGINE TROUBLE It was learned on 7th August, 1971, that the Dutch Barge Jenny III, with a crew of four, had been standing by the East Goodwin lightvessel during the night with engine trouble. Arrangements to tow the barge were made with a...
LAUNCHES AND LIVES SAVED BY LIFE-BOATS AND ILBs 1st September 1971 to 30th November 1971: Launches 1,535, lives saved 285 THE ACTIVE FLEET 138 station life-boats (as at 30/11/71) 36 inshore life-boats operating in the winter LIVES RESCUED 94...
Category: Services
On the 30th November, the schooner Coronation, of London, was observed' to strike on the Caister Shoal, or Inner Barber Sand, during a fresh breeze from. S.E. by E.
The beachmen went off in their yawl; but finding they...
On the 4th of the following month (December), the brig Schiedam, of Middles- borough, bound from Seaham to South- ampton with coals, foundered at sea off the Yorkshire coast soon after midnight.
The master and crew of 5...
Newcastle, Co. Down.—At 8.55 on the morning of the 3rd of March, 1951, the Kilkeel coastguard telephoned that the S.S. Slieve More, of London, was ashore at Derryogue two miles south-west of Kilkeel. At 9.15 the life-boat William and Laura...
Three skin-divers who went into the sea at Thornwick Bay, Flamborough, were soon in trouble on 18th September, 1966, and had to be rescued. Here one of them is being hauled from rocks to the Flamborough life-boat. Assistance was also given... - View image in PDF
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