FIREMEN TO THE RESCUE WHEN the 25-foot fishing vessel Bounty of Jersey, G.I., with four men aboard, was reported in difficulties at 8.21 p.m. on 24th July, 1970,* off the Rigdon Bank in St. Ouen's Bay, Jersey, the St. Helier life-boat...
A NEW life-boat film called Gale Warnings, with a spoken commentary, is now in use, and the Institution's branches can ask for it at any time for showing in cinemas, at meetings, or privately.
The film is designed to...
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MONTROSE.—At about 9 A.M. on the 13th April the wind commenced to blow from S.S.E., and the sea rose quickly, the coxswains of the Life-boats were therefore on the watch during the day in case there should be any call for their services.<...
Cliff face helicopter lift LONOHOPE honorary secretary was informed by the Coastguard at 2352 on December 20, 1974, that the Belgian trawler Lans was ashore on the north side of Tor Ness and required immediate assistance. Longhope lifeboat,...
Minehead lifeboat men a 'tremendous help' during floods The crew of Minehead's lifeboats and the station's shore helpers all came in for praise when some of the worst storms in living memory battered the north Somerset town...
GOLD MEDAL SERVICE AT NEWCASTLE JANUARY 21ST. - NEWCASTLE, AND CLOUGHEY, CO. DOWN. At 12.45 in the morning a message came to Cloughey from the coastguard that a steamer was ashore half a mile off Ballyquinton, and at 1.40 the life-boat...
Cromarty.—At 3 P.M. on the 3rd May, 1939, a message was received from the Seaforth Highlanders Depot at Fort George that the ferry boat Tim, running from Fort George to Chanory, with the depot band of twelve men on board, had broken down...
Storm search BRIXHAM COASTGUARD asked the honorary secretary of St Peter Port lifeboat station at 2030 on Thursday January 4 to put the lifeboat on stand by for MV Cantonad, a 2,200 ton Greek freighter with a crew of 16, reported listing...
NOVEMBER 30TH. - WALMER, KENT. At 11.30 at night the Deal coastguard reported a vessel aground on the Goodwin Sands. A south-easterly wind was blowing and the sea was rough. The motor life-boat Charles Dibdin (Civil Service No. 2) was...