ON the morning of 17th January the 2,500-ton steamer Plawsworth, of New- castle-on-Tyne, which was at anchor off Workington, Cumberland, dragged her anchors in a south-west gale, and went ashore. A very heavy sea was...
Category: Services
BEMBRIDGE, ISLE OF WIGHT.—On the night.of the 11th November, 1877, it was reported that a vessel was ashore off Sandown.
It was then blowing a hurricane from the S., with thick rain. The Worcester Life-boat was taken...
At-6.30 A.M.
on 19th February the watchman re- ported that a vessel was ashore about one and a half miles north of the station.
The crew of the No. 1 Life-boat Edward Birtteck were promptly assembled and...
LOCH NEVIS SEARCH Mallaig, Inverness-shire. At 3.45 p.m. on i6th November, 1964, the wife of the owner of the motor launch Queen of Scots told the honorary secretary that the launch was overdue from a trip to Inverie.
The...
On the 24th Jan- uary, during a storm from the S.W., the schooner Edward Stonard, of Lancaster, lost her main-boom, fore-gaff, and all sails except mainsail (which was split), and the master was obliged to run her ashore to the west- ward of...
At 8.15 p.m. on I2th August, 1967, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a 12-foot open boat Karen of Porthallow was overdue. The life-boat William Taylor of Oldham was launched at 8.40 in a moderate north north westerly breeze...
Second Coxswain Vic Pitman, Weymouth: 'She just takes to the sea like a seagull would'.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
(Below) The lifeboat depot maintains a supply and repair service for lifeboats and gives a 24-hour service for the supply of items required at stations in emergencies.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
AT the ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of the ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION, held at Willis's Booms, King Street, St. James's Square, on Tuesday, the 18th day of March 1879, his Grace the DUKE OF NORTHUMBERLAND, Lord Privy Seal,...
Category: Annual Reports
Early in the morning of the 17th September during a strong gale from N.N.W. with heavy rain squalls, a messenger arrived at Palling and reported that a vessel was ashore about three miles to the north- ward of the station. The crew and...