Alan Clarke Helmsman of the Hunstanton Atlantic 21 Spirit of America. Awarded the Institution's Bronze medal for taking off an injured man from the MFV Portunus under tow in the Wash in Force 9 winds,short steep seas and total darkness... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
JANUARY 21 ST. - BARRA ISLAND, HEBRIDES. The life-boat rescued twenty eight people from the Greek steamer Eugenie S. Embiricos on January 22nd and landed sheep and provisions on January 26th. For details, see January 10th, page 12.
ON 8th February, 1940, the Institution received the following letter from Sir Archibald Carter, K.C.B., K.C.I.E., Permanent Secretary to the Admiralty: " I am commanded by My Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty to inform you that they...
Category: Correspondence
Clawing off beach AT 2302 ON FRIDAY December 23, 1977, St Anns Coastguard informed the honorary secretary of St David's lifeboat station that the cargo vessel Cumulus I of Panama bound from Glasgow to Beirut appeared to be in serious...
CULLERCOATS.—On the llth January, 1893, twenty-five cobles went out fishing, but as a strong N.E. gale sprung up accompanied by a rough sea they were compelled to return to port. Seventeen of them arrived safely in the harbour, but by the...
Helvick Head, Co. Waterford.—About 9.30 on the night of the 9th of October1948, a vessel was seen to enter Dungarvan Harbour, at full speed and run aground on Whitehouse Bank. She was not seen to signal, but telephone messages from...
North Sunderland, Northumberland.
On the evening of the 3rd of April, 1960, nine local fishing boats left for Berwick Bay. By midnight the weather had deteriorated, and the southerly gale was accompanied by a very rough...
Shoreham Harbour, Sussex.—At 1.45 on the morning of the 28th of July, 1956, the coastguard rang up to say that a Dutch barge, which had an- chored off the east pier, had engine trouble and needed help to enter the harbour. At 5.31 the...
INTERPRETER CAME At 10.45 a.m. on iyth June, 1964, the secretary of the Berwick Infirmary told the honorary secretary that a Dutch trawler had asked if a boat could land the skipper as she could not enter the harbour on the ebb tide. As no...
Boulmer, Northumberland - At 6.55 p.m. on I7th July, 1967, a message was received that the weather was deteriorating and three fishing cobles were still at sea. The life-boat Robert and Dorothy Hardcastle was launched at 7.25 in a strong...