WELLS, NORFOLK.—On the 12th September, during a very heavy gale from the N., accompanied by a heavy sea, at 5 P.M., the fishing sloop Sally, of this port, was making for the harbour when her mainsheet and boom gave way, and she was driven on...
Wicklow.—At 5.50 in the afternoon of the 8th of May, 1948, the lightkeeper at Wicklow Head reported that a boy had fallen from the nearby cliffs into the sea, and the motor life-boat Lady Kylsant was launched at 5.59. A light easterly breeze...
FEBRUARY 24TH. - ABERYSTWYTH, CARDIGANSHIRE. At 4.20 in the morning the naval base at Milford Haven asked through the coastguard that the life-boat be sent to search for a dinghy which had been reported by an aeroplane about twelve miles...
FEBRUARY 21ST. - PETERHEAD, ABERDEENSHIRE. At 10.40 A.M. t h e coastguard reported a light E. by S. of Peterhead, and later reported that it was still to be seen, drifting northward. A fresh N.E. breeze was blowing with a moderate...
NOVEMBER 5TH. - SHOREHAM HARBOUR, SUSSEX. At 2.12 in the morning the coastguard reported that landing craft L.C.T.532 was signalling for help. Her tank had been damaged and she had no fuel. The naval authorities said that the local tug was...
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David Coxjoined Wells lifeboat crew in 1943 and was appointed coxswain in 1960; he was awarded the thanks of the Institution inscribed on vellum in 1964 and 1973 and the silver medal in 1979.
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Over 800 Brownies, Guides, Cubs and Scouts took over Great Yarmouth beach in April in the biggest sponsored walk the town has known. The aim? to help raise the money for four ILBs which Yarmouth and District Round Table plan to give the RNLI... - View image in PDF
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ON the night of June 13th the Motor Life-boat at Stromness was called out to the help of a large steamer, the Hastings County, of Bergen, on her way from Hamburg to Montreal with a general cargo, which the Coast Guard had reported to have...
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