Mrs Catherine Patterson, vice-president of Anstruther ladies' guild, and Coxswain Peter Murray handover a cheque for £4,700 to Lord Cough of the Scottish Executive Council. The money was raised at Anstruther's gala day when a... - View image in PDF
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The requisite qualities of a life-boatman's life-belt are— 1. Sufficient extra buoyancy to support a man heavily clothed, with his head and shoulders above the water, and to enable him to support another person besides...
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(left) Watson: length overall 46ft 9in; beam 12ft 9in; draught 4ft 4in; displacement 23 tons; maximum speed, over 8 knots; range at full speed, 200 nautical miles. The 46ft 9in Watson, introduced in 1947, launches down a slipway or lies... - View image in PDF
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On the 24th March the barquentine Isabella, of Swansea, coal - laden, from Sunderland for Southampton, ran into Yarmouth Eoads for shelter in a severe gale from W.S.W. and a very heavy sea, Her two anchors were let go but both chains parted,...
The s.s. Sinloo, of Newcastle, and s.s. Douglas, of Sun- derland, collided when near the Cross Sand Light-vessel in moderately fine weather, on-the 28th January. Guns were heard at Gorleston at 6.50 P.M., and the steam Life-boat James...
Ramsgate, Kent. At 6.34 on the evening of the 3rd of June, 1958, the east pier watchman reported that a cabin cruiser was aground on Brake Sands near No. 3 buoy and needed help. At 6.42 the life-boat Michael and Lily Davis put out in a...
Margate, Kent. At 12.31 a.m. on 3rd May, 1965, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a small vessel, situated about one mile north of Whiteness and half mile east of "Longnose" buoy, was flashing a white light. The...
Donaghadee, Co. Down, and Portpatrick, Wigtownshire.—13th July. Aeroplane down, and crew picked up by steamer.
Rewards, Donaghadee, £5 12s. 6d.; Portpatrick, £6 15s. Qd..
Frank and Rose Ide at Poole lifeboat station with their two younger sons, John (r), on leave from the Navy after serving with the South Atlantic Task Force in HMS Glamorgan, and Bob (I), member of Poole lifeboat crew. Frank and Rose's... - View image in PDF
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Cecil Picknett, last surviving crew member of the pulling lifeboat Fifi and Charles stationed at Redcar from 1907 to 1931. In 1931 he was appointed assistant mechanic of Redcar's first motor lifeboat Louisa Poldeit, a post he held u n t...
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