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Cunopus
Sails blown out RED FLARES SIGHTED in the vicinity of Les Hanois Lighthouse were reported to the honorary secretary of St Peter Port lifeboat station at 2215 on Friday, November 11, 1977. A quarter of an hour later the 52ft Arun lifeboat Sir...
Rollo of Braye, Solveig and French Yacht Pupas
Long night at sea in poor visibility Alderney South West Division Alderney's Waveney class lifeboatLoww Marches! of Round Table spent seven hours at sea on the night of 8/9 July attending four separate calls in poor visibility, which was...
(Below) Lifeboat House Isolated In Wild Seas As the Pier on Either Side Falls Before the Storm Photograph By Courtesy of the Daily Telegraph
(Below) Lifeboat house isolated in wild seas as the pier on either side falls before the storm. - View image in PDF
photograph by courtesy of The Daily Telegraph. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Magna, of Helsingborg
OCTOBER 19TH. - WALMER, KENT. At 5.25 in the morning the Deal coastguard telephoned that the East Goodwin Lightvessel had reported a vessel ashore on the Sands. An easterly wind was blowing, with a moderate sea. The motor life-boat Charles...
Alexandra
The steam trawler Alexandra, whilst bound from Iceland to Boulogne with a cargo of fish, ran on to the rocks about three quarters of a mile N.W. of Skinningrove jetty, during a very thick fog on the 13th June. Information of the casualty was...
Hawkestone
Southend-on-Sea, Essex. At 8.10 on the morning of the 26th of February, 1958, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the tug Hawke- stone, of London, which had been towing two lighters, was missing and had last been seen...
The S.S. Hilda
Anstruther, Fifeshire.—At 3.10 A.M.
on the 29th August, 1939, the coastguard reported a vessel ashore on May Island. The weather was very thick, with a light easterly breeze and a smooth sea. The motor life-boat Nellie and...
Couthie
Margate, Kent - At 10.50 p.m. on 28th July, 1968, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the yacht Couthie, with a crew of two on board, had gone ashore at Gresham bay, Birchington. The coastguards were standing by on shore and...
High Seas...
Continuing our look at lifeboat stations from the air Hunting Aerofilms, is offering copies of these photographs at well below normal rates - and is donating 25% of the print price to the RNLI.
Prices 8in by 8in -...
Category: Articles
Staronia
Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire - At 1.42 a.m. on 2nd August, 1966, a vessel was reported ashore off Cairnbulg point.
There was a slight sea. It was high water.
The life-boat The Duchess of Kent proceeded at...