TROON, SCOTLAND. —The schooner Mistletoe, of Brixham, bound from Saffi, N. Africa, for Irvine, with a cargo of beans, went ashore on Lady Island, on the night of the 6th September. On the following day a strong gale sprung up from the S.W.,...
On the 7th March the same boat went off, during a heavy gale from S.S.W., in reply to rocket signals, and found the schooner Eliza, of Pwllheli, in a very dangerous position at the end of the breakwater. A steamer had followed the Life-boat...
The Bembridge Motor Life-boat went out on 7th December to the help of the ketch Silent, of Cowes, and found her with her head sails blown away and her windlass smashed. Although she was sinking, the men on board refused to leave her, so the...
The Motor Life-boat Edward, Prince of Wales, at the Mumbles.. - View image in PDF
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During a dense fog on the 23rd May the ship Cromdale, of Aberdeen, was wrecked at Beast Point. The vessel was a large one of 1,849 tons register, bound from Taltal to Plymouth with a cargo of nitrates. Information of the disaster reached...
The Great Yarmouth and Gorleston motor life-boat is in the foreground.. - View image in PDF
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Filey, Yorkshire.—On the morning of the 3rd November, 1939, four motor fishing cobles were at sea. The weather was bad. Watch was kept, and at 11.40 A.M., as the conditions were then dangerous for the returning boats, the pulling and...
THE Royal Humane Society has awarded an " in memoriam" testimonial to relatives of the late George Hanson, formerly head launcher of the Runswick life-boat, who lost his life when going to the help of a schoolmaster and a number of...
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Minehead, Somerset. At 6.5 on the evening of the 20th of March, 1958, the police told the honorary secretary that a young man had fallen on to the rocky shore about three miles west of Mine- head and was seriously injured. A rescue from...
The life-boat was exhibited at the International Boat Show in London. - View image in PDF
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