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The John Gellatly Hyndman, a 52ft Burnett relief lifeboat on temporary duty at St Peter Port, under the command of Coxswain John Petit, on service to the oil rig Orion which ran aground on the north-west shore of Guernsey when she parted... - View image in PDF
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The Adventure, the George Evans, the Supply, and B. F. Nash
On the 23rd February the gale which had been the cause of the wrecks previously noted shifted to the N.E., and increased in fury, setting up a terrible sea in Fishguard Bay. At about an hour after midnight of 22-23rd, signals of distress...
Britannia, of North Shields
On the night of the 12th January the barque Britannia, of North Shields, bound from Mauritius to Greenock, got on shore, in moderate weather, on the north side of Port Logan Bay; the crew saving them- selves by climbing over the rocks at low...
Brereton, of Liverpool
On the night of the 18th January the watchman reported flares and rockets in the neighbourhood of the Splough Rock, and the motor life-boat K.E.C.F.
was launched. As usual, Mr. W. J. B.
Moncas, the branch...
Today's Lifeboatmen
Facts and Figures In 1985 RNLI lifeboats have so far launched 749 times, saving 305 lives.
In 1984 lifeboats launched 3,613 times (an average of nearly ten times a day) and saved 1,330 lives (an average of over three people...
Category: Articles
Today's Lifeboatmen
Facts and Figures Provisional figures show that in 1985 lifeboats launched 3,003 times, saving 1,351 lives.
In 1984 lifeboats launched 3,631 times (an average of nearly ten times a day) and saved 1,336 lives (an average of...
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L.C.T.908
NOVEMBER 13TH. - WELLS, NORFOLK.
At 5.50 in the evening the coastguard reported a landing craft in need of help outside Wells harbour. A strong north-west wind was blowing, with a rough sea ; it was raining and visibility...
Fishing Cobles
At 4 A.M. on the 21st March all the cobles put to t>ea for the purpose of hauling their crab pots.
At 7 A.M. the wind freshened, and it was considered advisable to launch the Life-boat Hollon the Third to their...
Prince Consort
SUNDERLAND.—The brig Prince Consort, of Faversham, was being towed to Sunderland in ballast when, on the 2nd September, the steam-tug ran ashore in a thick fog and was followed by the brig.
Signals of distress were...
Pelagos, of Granton
Dunbar, Haddingtonshire. — The steam trawler Pelagos, of Granton, ran ashore on South Carr rocks in a dense fog on the morning of the llth July, while returning to Granton from the North Sea fishing grounds. A moderate east breeze was...