CULLERCOATS, NORTHUMBERLAND.
Eight fishing-cobles were endeavouring to return home while a heavy sea was breaking on the bar on the 31st January.
As they would incur considerable risk in crossing, the Life...
Eastbourne, Sussex.—At 11 P.M. on the 5th July the coastguard reported that a light could be seen and shouting heard from a boat to the S.E. of Langney Point. The weather was foggy, with a smooth sea and light W.S.W. wind. The motor...
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Lighthouses: Beacons of the Sea
by David Ross
Category: Articles
Fleetwood, and Lytham-St. Annes, Lancashire.—4th October, 1939. A motor fishing boat, with two on board, was long overdue. A strong wind was blowing, and the sea was rough. Both life-boats searched all night, but found nothing, and it was...
Fleetwood, and Lytham-St. Annes, Lancashire.—4th October, 1939. A motor fishing boat, with two on board, was long overdue. A strong wind was blowing, and the sea was rough. Both life-boats searched all night, but found nothing, and it was...
Coxswain Edward Parker, who died on i5th October, 1964, was a former coxswain of Margate life-boat who was awarded the D.S.M. for the part he and his crew played at Dunkirk when the Margate life-boat rescued over 600 British servicemen from...
Category: Obituaries
Not long after the lifeboat had returned, at 1815. a message came to Torbay station honorary secretary from Brixham Coastguard that something was amiss in mid channel. Coxswain Curnow and Motor Mechanic Stephen Bower were alerted and at 1914...
Shoreham Harbour, Sussex. •— On Sunday the 10th September, 1939, the coastguard reported that the sailing yacht Wisp, of Shoreham, had capsized about one and a half miles to the south-ward of the harbour entrance. A fresh westerly wind was...
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Category: Index
Weymouth lifeboat craw were conducting a man overboard exercise on Sunday 19 May 2002 when an unexpected guest came along to land a helping flipper.
Randy the dolphin is a popular local celebrity in the area and appeared... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs