MARCH, APRIL AND MAY 1991 Aberdeen, Grampian 54ft Arun ON 1050: April 8 D class: April 21 Aberdovey, Gwynedd Atlantic 21: March 24 and April 3 Abersoch, Gwynedd Atlantic 21: April 1 (three times) Aberystwyth, Dyfed C class: March 13, April...
Category: Services
Licencing for sailors? is interesting to speculate on what would happen if we were ever to lose our traditional freedom to go to sea.
Many lifeboat callouts are for seafarers in small craft powered by unreliable outboard...
Category: Correspondence
Listings Miss Betty arrives at Crosshaven Ireland's 42nd lifeboat station opened on 19 October 2002 and her new boat was welcomed to the RNLI fleet. Crosshaven has until now been served by Ballycotton to the east or Courtmacsherry to the...
Category: Articles
(Left) Lt-Cdr Roy Portchmouth staff inspector (operational developments, trials and sea training).. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
On the 25th April the local fishing cobles, which had gone to their pots in the early morning, returned during the after- noon. A strong northerly sea was breaking across the bar, and as coming into harbour was highly dangerous, the...
FIVE TAKEN OFF Dover, Kent. At 3 p.m. on 25th July, 1965, a cabin cruiser off Cock Point was observed burning a red flare.
At 3.31 the life-boat Southern Africa put to sea. There was a strong south-westerly wind, the sea...
YACHT'S CREW SEASICK At 4.3 p.m. on 9th October, 1965, the yacht Selene was reported in difficulties.
The life-boat Kathleen Mary launched at 4.15 in a strong east-north-easterly breeze and a moderate sea, two hours...
Blizzard ON THURSDAY MORNING February 15 a Romanian cargo ship, Savinesti, with 28 people on board was reported in distress 125° 37.5 miles from Spurn Point; she had engine failure and was dragging her anchor. After liaison (made more...
On the night of Sunday May 28 Bridlington ILB launched to go to the yacht Pinkers ablaze in North Bay. The yacht's crew of nine had taken to their dinghy but could not propel her and both boats were drifting together with wind and tide.... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
SILVER MEDAL SERVICE AT BARRA ISLAND SEPTEMBER 5TH. - BARRA ISLAND, AND STORNOWAY, HEBRIDES.
At 7 o’clock in the morning a message came from the coastguard that a vessel was ashore on Idrigill Point on the Isle of Skye, 40...