Clacton-on-Sea, Essex. At 9.10 on the morning of the 12th of July, 1959, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a small vessel appeared to be aground one mile north-west of Mid Barrow lightvessel. The life-boat crew were...
FISHING VESSEL ESCORTED IN NEAR GALE Whitby, Yorkshire. At 8.40 on the morning of the 12th September, 1962, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a small fishing vessel had broken down off Whitby harbour and that the motor...
MARCH 1 7TH. - NEWQUAY, CORNWALL.
A burning vessel had been seen at night ten miles out at sea, but only burning oil was found. The life-boat was launched with great difficulty at dead low water in a rough sea and the...
Grimsby and district Boys' Brigade battalion gets a warm reception from Cleethorpes tifeboatmen at the end of the sponsored lifeboat push. - View image in PDF
Photo: © Grimsby Evening Telegraph.. - View image in PDF
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AUGUST 13TH. - SKEGNESS, LINCOLNSHIRE.
A Boston aeroplane had come down at sea, but her crew were rescued by a minesweeper. - Rewards, £6 15s..
APRIL 22ND. - HOWTH, CO. DUBLIN.
Two small fishing boats were at sea in bad weather, but they made harbour without help. - Rewards, £10 12s..
Walmer, Kent. At 2.12 on the morn- ing of the 8th December, 1961, the coastguard informed the honorary sec- retary that a vessel appeared to be aground a mile and a half north-west of the East Goodwin lightvessel. The vessel had made no...
Friday 27 October 1916 started with a rescue and ended in tragedy – one of the worst in RNLI history. It is a story of courage,
sacrifice and loss. 100 years on, a lifeboat town remembers the crew who never came home
Category: Articles
Whitby, Yorkshire.—On the afternoon of the 30th of December, 1955, it was reported that four local fishing boats were still at sea. Conditions at the harbour bar were dangerous, and at 1.54 the no. 1 life-boat Mary Ann Hepworih was launched....
Valentia, Co. Kerry. At 8.15 on the evening of the 4th of September, 1958, a message was received from Valentia radio station that the trawler Ros Airgead needed a doctor twenty miles north of Blaskets, as one of her seamen had been badly...