YACHT ON THE ROCKS When a small motor yacht grounded on Longnose Ledge off Kent on 19thJuly, 1971, Margate Coastguard reported at 12.34 a.m. that the vessel was seriously damaged and was in danger of sinking. The crew could be heard shouting...
Surfers saved in lightning rescue dashAs senior helmsman Aubrey Diggle was leaving the boathouse on the morning of 23 February 2002, a surfer reported that two of his colleagues were being swept away. Looking out to sea, Aubrey instantly...
On the afternoon of the 25th March the schooner Fria, of Thisted, was observed at anchor in a disabled condition two miles from Drogheda Bar. A strong easterly gale was blowing, and the Lifeboat's crew found it impossible to force the...
Whltby, Yorkshire.—At 12.20 on the afternoon of the 10th of February, 1953, the conditions at the harbour bar were very bad and four local fishing vessels were still at sea. The No. 1 life-boat Mary Ann Hepworth was launched at 12.38 in a...
The s.s. Trou- ville of Newhaven got broadside on to the bar outside Newhaven Harbour on the 6th March, during a S. by W. gale and very heavy sea, whilst bound from Caen with a cargo. The crew of the motor Life-boat were assembled promptly,...
Thirty foot fall THE KEEPER of Old Head of Kinsale Lighthouse telephoned the honorary secretary of Courtmacsherry Harbour lifeboat station at 1630 on Saturday April 28, 1984, to say that a man had fallen down the cliff at Holeopen Bay West...
During very thick weather on the 3rd October the steam drifter Honor, which was being employed as a mine-sweeper, ran on to the rocks and made signals for assistance. In response the Life-boat John Anthony was launched, and stood by the...
Following your feature on lifejacket development (Spring 2012), here's what happened to me in 1971 or so. I was in the Blessington Sailing Club in Co Wicklow. Despite the Finn class boats experiencing such conditions that their event was...
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The presentation o)'public relations statuettes was made by the Duke of Atholl, seen above (I.) with Mrs Stanley Herbert, who received the statuette awarded posthumously to her husband, and Peter Hadfield. (Right) The other two... - View image in PDF
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Edward Mockett, Coventry branch honorary secretary, receives a collecting box back from pupils of one of the 21 Coventry junior and infant schools which between them collected £160 for the RNLI.
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