Weymouth, Dorset. At 9.55 on the evening of the 4th of June, 1960, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a hired rowing boat with three men on board had not returned to Weymouth pier. The honorary secretary decided not to...
RESCUE OF YOUTHS IN DINGHIES New Quay, Cardiganshire. At 10.12 on the morning of the 14th August, 1962, the coastguard reported that two rubber dinghies were drifting out to sea half a mile off Aberayron. At 10.40 the life-boat St. Albans...
Galvvay Bay - At 20 minutes past midnight on 22nd April, 1966, the coxswain informed the honorary secretary that a young man had been seriously injured in a fall from a motor scooter, and the doctor had requested the use of the life-boat to...
Port Erin, Isle of Man. At 6.10 on the evening of the 8th of September, 1960, the second coxswain told the honorary secretary that a rowing boat was reported missing and might be in difficulties between Bradda Head and Flirlwick Bay. The...
Margate, Kent. At 6.37 on the even- ing of the 29th of September, 1960, the coastguard informed the honorary sec- retary that a ship's boat was flying a distress signal about a mile and a half east of Kingsgate. The life-boat North...
TROUBLE WITH NETS Newbiggin, Northumberland. At 10 p.m. on 26th April, 1965, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that four cobles, situated north-east of Newbiggin Church Point, were at sea in worsening weather conditions. The...
Rosslare Harbour, Wexford - At 1.45 p.m. on 7th November, 1966, the Tuskar Rock lighthouse keeper informed the honorary secretary that a submerged cabin cruiser had been reported in the vicinity of the rock. The life-boat Douglas Hyde...
Peel's boathouse and slipway - tucked into the crook of the harbour between the breakwater and St Patrick's Isle in the main photo - were rebuilt in 1992 to house the station's carriage-launched Mersey. Because of the picturesque... - View image in PDF
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JUNE 6TH. - THE LIZARD, CORNWALL.
At 8.40 A.M. a request came from the naval officer at Penzance, through the coastguard, asking for the life-boat to go to the help of the naval motor launch No. 155, and the motor life-boat...
Coxswain John Matthews, of Moelfre, Anglesey, has won the Institution's silver medal. On a very dark night, in a very rough sea, he took the lifeboat to the rescue of four airmen whose dinghy had been carried close to the rocks. It was a...
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