FEBRUARY 2ND. - HOLY ISLAND, NORTHUMBERLAND. The S.S. Prins Knud, of Copenhagen, had stranded, but her crew would not leave her. - Rewards, £17 5s.
BALCARY.—The schooner City of Perth, of and for Creetown, from Liverpool in ballast, was reported to be in distress on Bascarral shore on the 27th January. A strong breeze was blowing from the S.W.
and the sea was heavy. At...
Girls from Hastings High School visited their local lifeboat station in March to present a cheque for £600 to Hastings and St Leonards branch, the result of their 1977 charity project: it is twice as much as they have ever collected... - View image in PDF
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The Southend-On-Sea Life-Boat Taking The Plunge. - View image in PDF
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On the 23rd July, the schooner Margaret Cunningham, of Whitby, was seen driving towards the Kettleness Reef, off the south point of Runs- wick Bay. It was blowing a gale from the N.N.E., and a heavy sea was running at the time. The life-boat...
St. Mary's, Isle of Scilly.—At about 9.30 A.M. on the 22nd December, 1938, it was learned that a dredger was in difficulties near the Spanish Ledges and wanted a pilot. A N.E. gale was blowing, with sleet and snow showers, and the sea...
Thomas Wilson Mp First Chairman of the Rnli Who Presided at The Meeting When It Was Agreed To Consider Producing A Periodical Journal of Lifeboat Affairs. - View image in PDF
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The lifeboat is hauled up the beach, up the short ramp and on to her turntable. Finally she is pushed round through 180 degrees so that her bow is once more towards the sea.. - View image in PDF
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The Nora Royds, built in 1887, which replaced the ill-fated Laura Janet at Lytham.. - View image in PDF
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Rosslare Harbour, Co. Wexford.— During the morning of the llth June, 1938, the three-masted motor schooner Agnes Craig, of Dublin, ran aground on the N.W. side of Blackwater Bank, about fourteen miles from Rosslare Harbour.