O 11 the morning of the 3rd November the local fishing fleet was out and was over- taken by bad weather. The sea rose rapidly, and at 9.15 A.M. a whole S.S.E.
gale was blowing, with a rough sea.
As the...
Walter Stanley (Jim) Firman, Scarborough tractor driver from 1952 to 1969, after serving as tractor driver helper from 1949 to 1952; during that time he was never known to miss launch or recovery. On his retirement at 65, Jim Firman sold...
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Fishguard, Pembrokeshire, Aberyst- wyth, Cardiganshire, Barmouth, Meri- onethshire, and Pwllheli, Caernarvon- shire.
At 3.19 in the afternoon of the 5th of May, 1952, the Fishguard coast- guard telephoned to the Fishguard...
(left) .. . A look at Lincoln guild press cutting book with Mrs Nancy Newton, honorary treasurer. Mrs Glenys Foster, chairman and honorary secretary, is on the Duke's right.
photograph by courtesy of Lincolnshire... - View image in PDF
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the end of another successful service for Coxswain Derek Scott (right) and two of his crew, Garry Ridd and Jack Whitford. - View image in PDF
photographs by courtesy of 'South Wales Evening Post'. - View image in PDF
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Great Yarmouth and Gorleston's new 44ft Waveney lifeboat, Barham, with Lowestoft lifeboat, the 47ft Watson Frederick Edward Crick in attendance. - View image in PDF
photograph by courtesy of 'Yarmouth Mercury'. - View image in PDF
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The four Tenby lifeboatmen to receive vellums: (I to r) Crew Member Robert James, Second Coxswain John John, Crew Member Roy Young and Helmsman Dennis Young. - View image in PDF
photograph hy courtesy of Gareth Davics. - View image in PDF
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The Manky Wood life-boat at Poole rescued the crew of 10 men and 36 labourers from the brig Contest, of Guernsey, which was wrecked on the Hook Sand at the entrance of Poole Harbour ......
The steam drifter Friendly Star, of Lowestoft, stranded on the North Bank on 14th November, while bound for Yarmouth from the fishing grounds in a dense fog with a light W.S.W. wind. Information that the vessel was burning flares for help...
NORTH DEAL.—While a moderate gale from N.N.W. was blowing, with a very heavy sea, on the morning of the 16th May, a boat, containing a lieutenant, five blue jackets and a marine, belonging to H.M.S. Research lying at anchor in the Downs, was...