DECEMBER 20TH. - STORNOWAY, ISLAND OF LEWIS. H.M. Tank Landing Craft 144 was in danger, as her engine had broken down, but she was taken in tow by one of H.M. trawlers. - Rewards, £6 13s..
(Below) When The Right Hon The Lord Mayor of London, Sir Anthony Jolliffe, CBE was in Weymouth during the summer, he visited the lifeboat station and was shown all over the 54ft Arun Tony Vandervell. He is seen here II) in the engine room... - View image in PDF
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A NEW 47-feet Watson cabin life-boat, the first of her kind, completed her trials during the summer of 1955. She has now been sent to her station at Thurso, Caithness-shire.
The new life-boat is a development of the 46-feet...
Category: Articles
THE Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation, Mr. Harold Watkinson, has awarded the Ministry's shield for the best rescue service of the year to the Collieston (Aberdeen) Coast Life-saving Company for the rescue by breeches buoy of the...
Category: Awards
SELDOM, if ever, has there been con- centrated within three days of Life-boat work a more splendid series of achieve- ments than those which are briefly described below. They were charac- terised throughout by heroic effort in the face of...
Category: Services
27th July.
Three men were in difficulties in a small boat, but were picked up by a coble.—Rewards, £10 18s..
PwllheU, Caernarvonshire.—At 6.50 on the evening of the 8th of August, 1956, it was reported that a yacht wasfour hours overdue after a race from Abersoch round the St. Patrick's causeway buoy. The life-boat Kather- ine and Virgoe...
SEVEN AT SEA At 10.15 a-m- on 24th March, 1964, the honorary secretary was told that seven motor fishing vessels were at sea in rapidly deteriorating weather. The life-boat Tillie Morrison, Sheffield II was launched at ii o'clock in a...
Multiple casualties for Atlantic 21 in winds up to Force 10 An arduous service by the West Mersea Atlantic 21 lifeboat, carried out in very rough conditions with the crew using their initiative and local knowledge to assist a large number of...
Ten saved as disabled yacht is struck by storm force winds The Lizard's Tyne class lifeboat David Robinson was at sea for more than 12 hours in atrocious conditions on 30 May 1993 when she went to the aid of a 56ft yacht in difficulties...