Cromer, and Sberingham, Norfolk.— On the morning of the 7th August, 1938, the motor vessel John M., of London, ran ashore off Beeston Hill between Cromer and Sheringham, while bound from Blyth to Teignmouthladen with coal and carrying a crew...
On the 8th September the schooner John Soyle, of Chester, was reported to haye sank on Cartmell Wharf, Morecambe Bay, during a strong W.N.W, gale and a heavy sea. At 11.45 A.M. the William Krkett Life-boat went to her assistance, and found...
John Drew, mechanic of Penlee lifeboat from 1938 to 1970 and assistant mechanic from 1933.
He was awarded a bronze medal in 1947..
Category: Obituaries
North Sunderland, Northumberland.—• The weather became very bad about mid-day on the 31st of January, 1948, while the motor fishing boat John Wesley was at the Fame Islands, and the motor life-boat W.R.A. was launched at 1.55 in the...
Coxswain/Mechanic John Mclean. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Flamborough, Yorkshire.—At 4.10 on the afternoon of the 14th of October, 1955, the coastguard telephoned that a fishing boat about one mile off Breill Nook was showing a distress signal and appeared to have broken down. At 4.25 the life-boat...
Staithes Lifeboat John Anthony. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs