St. Ives, Cornwall.—Early on the morning of the 1st July the coastguard reported that a steamer was ashore near Pendeen. She was the Italian steamer Aida Lauro, of Naples, bound from Liverpool to Hull with a cargo of linseed and cotton seed,...
AT the ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of the ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION, held at the London Tavern on Tuesday the 13th of March, 1866, the Eight Hon. EARL PERCY, P.O., in the Chair, the following Report of the Committee was read by the...
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AUGUST 21ST. - ST. DAVID’S, AND ANGLE, PEMBROKESHIRE. Late on the night of the 20th August, the coastguard reported a vessel ashore inside the south-east rocks of the Smalls off the coast of Pembrokeshire.
She was the...
DEC. 22ND. - ST. MARY’S, SCILLY ISLES. At about 4 A.M. the coastguard reported a vessel ashore on the Seven Stones and in need of immediate help. A moderate E.N.E breeze was blowing, with a moderate sea. The motor life-boat Cunard was...
ST. DAVID'S. —While a gale from W.S.W. was blowing and a very high sea was running, on the 24th March, signals were fired by the South Bishop Lighthouse. At 5 P.M. the Life-boat Gem was launched, made for St. David's Head, and found...
St. Mary's, Scillies.—On the 28th November the schooner Mynonie R.
Kirby, of London, was in distress and the motor life-boat rescued the crew of six.—Rewards, bronze medal, thanks of the Institution inscribed on vellum,...
ST MARY'S, ISI.KS OK sciu.v, Saturday July 26, 1986: the crew of the 52ft Arun class relief lifeboat Duchess of Kent, on temporary duty at St Mary's, assembled, ready to launch, after Falmouth Coastguard telephoned to say that a... - View image in PDF
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St. Ives, Cornwall. At nine o'clock on the evening of the 6th of August, 1959, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a man hadfallen overboard from the motor vessel Kindrance, eleven miles off St. Ives and that a helicopter...
JANUARY 5TH. - FRASERBURGH, ABERDEENSHIRE. A vessel had been reported to be signalling by siren, but no vessel in distress could be found. - Rewards, £14 9s. 6d.
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