St. David's, Pembrokeshire - At 10.36 a.m. on 22nd February, 1967, a message was received from the R.N.A.S.
Brawdy that one of their aircraft had gone into the sea in St. Bride's Bay. The life-boat Joseph Soar...
At 9.51 a.m. on I2th August, 1967, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the yacht Scamper, which was moored in breakers off Camaes bay, had asked for assistance. The life-boat Lady Jane and Martha Ryland, which was on...
Ten hour service to burning coaster Yarmouth South East Division The coxswain and crew of Yarmouth's Arun class lifeboat John and Joy Wade have received a letter of thanks from the Director of the RNLI for their part in a 10-hour service...
Double rescue AS MOST PEOPLE were sitting down to their lunch on Sunday, October 19, 1986, Bridlington Coastguard was alerted to a small craft reported to be in trouble off Ulrome. At 1307 the honorary secretary of Bridlington...
Feature: Knowledge is power Saving lives through Sea Safety News Including the launch of SeaBritain 2005 Lifeboats and lifeguards in action 13 How the RNLI rewards outstanding acts of bravery plus rescue accounts past and present Lifeboat...
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JUNE 17TH. - GREAT YARMOUTH AND GORLESTON, NORFOLK. At 9.45 A.M. on the 16th June, a vessel in the Barley Picle was flying the “ Not under control ” signal. She was kept under observation. At noon a tug went out but found that the vessel,...
OCTOBER 20TH. - WHITEHILLS, BANFFSHIRE. At 9.30 A.M. the Banff coastguard reported distress signals three miles N.E. by N. from East Head, Portsoy, and the motor life-boat Civil Service No. 4 was launched. A W.N.W. gale was blowing, with a...
At 6.25 A.M. on the 29th December the watchman re- ported that the Lightship off Newhaven was firing distress signals; the Motor Life-boat Sir FitzRoy Clayton was there- fore dispatched. It was blowing a strong N.N.W. gale at the time, and...
THOSE of our readers who have visited the watering-places and the Life-boat Stations of the NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION on the south and south-east coasts of England cannot but have noticed with interest the vast quantity of shingle which...
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On the 18th November, this life-boat again went off during a fresh wind to the Norwegian schooner Polydesa, which had stranded on the shoal of the Cross Sand, during a fresh wind from N.N.E. The life-boat, with the help of a steam-tug, suc-...