The Coxswain of the Life-boat Charles Hargrave was called by a boatman in the early morning of the 2nd May, as the South Goodwin Light-vessel was firing signals. He at once proceeded to the beach, and seeing a large ship in dangerous...
Daring very thick weather, on the 23rd March, intelligence was received that a fishing-boat was aground on the N. side of the bar. A moderate gale was blowing from S.S.W., and the sea was rough. At 4.30 P.M., the Life-boat Andrew Pickard...
WHITBY.— Two Whitby cobles, the Mary Alice and the Tranquil, which were returning from the fishing-ground in a light wind and a strong sea on the 12th March, were seen in the offing, and as it was evident that they would run considerable...
At 11.40 P.M. on the 26th December a message was received reporting that the Nore Light-vessel was firing signals of distress.
The Life-boat James Stevens No. 9 was launched without loss of time, and in the neighbourhood of...
At 5 A.M. on the 6th December the Coastguard reported that a steamer was making flares for assistance to the north of the Light- house. The crew of the Life-boat were immediately assembled and the boat launched. The steamer proved to be the...
Walmer, Kent. At 4.14 on the after- noon of the 12th of July, 1959, the life- boat Charles Dibdin (Civil Service No.
32) was returning to her station from Dover after being on display at the Royal Show at Oxford, when the...
Southend-on-Sca, Essex - At 10.50 a.m. on I2th February, 1967, attention was drawn to a small fishing boat, with an angling party on board, reported to be in distress offCanvey Point. The life-boat Cecil and Lilian Philpott, on temporary...
At 1.57 p.m. on 3rd May, 1967, it was reported that a dinghy with a crew of two had capsized in Swanage Bay. The lifeboat R.L.P. was launched at 2.8 in a strong south westerly wind and a choppy sea. It was three hours before high...
ST. KATHARINE DOCK, London, was the scene in blustery weather on 4th May, 1966, of the naming of the first of the Institution's fleet of yo-foot steel life-boats - the £57,000 Charles H. Barrett (Civil Service No. 35) - by Princess...
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