Handing over of City of Edinburgh SUPPORT FOR THE Edinburgh lifeboat appeal has been forthcoming from every sector of the communities of both Edinburgh and Fraserburgh: commerce, industry, the professions, charitable trusts, worthy bodies,...
Category: Inaugurations
Galway Bay. In the early hours of the 18th August, 1961, a message was received that a child in Kilronan was seriously ill, and the local doctor considered the child should be sent immediately to the hospital on the mainland. As no other...
During the same fierce gale, on 9th July, the Life-boat at Totland Bay was called out. Shortly after midnight the Brooke Station reported that its Boat was being launched, and at 1.35 another message was received that a vessel three or four...
SICK SEAMAN RUSHED TO HOSPITAL Great Yarmouth and Gorleston, Norfolk.
At 4.3 a.m. on Sunday the 14th of July, 1963, the Gorleston coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the Liberian steam ship Archandros had a sick...
JULY 9TH. - WALTON AND FRINTON, AND CLACTON - ON - SEA, ESSEX. While bound from Rochester to Maldon with a load of brick rubble the barge Maria, of Rochester, lost her sprit and was in difficulties about one and a half miles S.W. of the Swin...
Whitby, Yorkshire.—During the morning of the 15th November, 1937, the local motor fishing boats Noel II, Venus, Galillee, Pilot Me and Success were caught at sea by bad weather.
When they were seen approaching harbour the...
At 6.30 A.M. on the 26th December fourteen of the cobles belonging to Filey put to sea for the purpose of hauling their lines, and at about 8 A.M. the wind commenced to freshen, causing most of the boats to run for safety. By 10 A.M. all the...
Coxswain R. M. Evans, of Moelfre, and Lt-Comdr. H. H.
Harvey, V.R.D., R.N.R., inspector of life-boats for the north west, pictured in London just before they received their medals from Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent, for... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
May 1998 Frank Hayes, full time mechanic of Poole lifeboat. He became assistant mechanic in 1946 with promotion to part time mechanic in 1952 and was full time between 1962 and 1974. Frank was previously awarded a certificate of service and...
Category: Obituaries
On the 29th Jan- uary, during a south-westerly gale, the coal- laden brig Queenofthe Tyne, of South Shields, went on the Gorton Sand. The life-boat Iiostitia promptly proceeded off to the scene of the wreck, and on reaching the spot found...