Newhaven, Sussex. At 1.14 on the afternoon of the 10th of July, 1960, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a canoe had capsized off Cuckmere. The life-boat Kathleen Mary was launched at 1.25 in a strong south-south-westerly...
DINGHY NOT IN DIFFICULTY Donaghadee, Co. Down. At 2.39 p.m.
on Sunday the 29th September, 1963, the honorary secretary's wife received a telephone message from the Orlock coastguard that they had been told by the Bangor...
During a light S.E. breeze with a heavy ground swell four fishing cobles belonging to Whitby were seen making for Runswick.
As the landing at Runswick was con- sidered to be very dangerous the Cox- swain of the Life-boat...
SEPTEMBER 18TH. - WHITBY, YORKSHIRE.
At six in the afternoon Whitby fishing boats and boats of the Scottish fishing fleets put out in moderate weather, but by nine o’clock it had worsened and the boats turned back. A strong...
About nine P.M. on the 1st December, the barque Bayadere, of Rouen, parted from her anchors, and struck on the rocks near the lighthouse, at Holyhead.
It was blowing at the time a most terrific gale from the N. The Princess...
THE Institution has had made for it a new sound film which tells the story of the building of a motor life-boat. It starts on the other side of the world, with the hauling by elephants of teak logs in the Burmese forests, and the felling of...
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At 11.40 A.M.
on the 17th May, the Coastguard reported that the Royal Sovereign light-vessel was making signals of distress, and the No. 1 Life-boat Olive was launched without loss of time. Shortly before reaching the light...
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RescUe Here is just a handful of incidents from around the uK and Roi to give an insight into the thousands of lifeboat rescues carried out each year. see pages 20–27 for rescues marked and page 13 for a roundup of lifeguard activity....
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Dungeness, Kent. — At 9.15 on the morning of the 29th of October, 1950, the Ramsgate coastguard reported that the motor cruiser Cambrian had asked for the help of the life-boat; and at 9.23 the Charles Cooper Henderson was launched...