At 8.45 A.M. on the 15th March, when the wind was blowing a whole gale from S.W., with a very heavy sea running, the schooner William Berry broke from her moorings and commenced to drift to the shore on the opposite side of the bay, which is...
Pwllheli, Caernarvonshire - At 7 p.m. on May 29th, 1966, flares were reported in Aberdaron Bay. The IRB, which was launched at 7.5 in a calm sea, proceeded to Aberdaron and found the auxiliary yacht Perichole with engine trouble. The...
Sheringham, Norfolk - At 8.25 a.m.
on :8th April, 1967, it was noted that the Sheringham crab boats were at sea and conditions were deteriorating rapidly.
The life-boat The Manchester Unity of Odd Fellows...
AUGUST 11TH. - SWANAGE, DORSET.
During an air battle an aeroplane had come down in flames, and the pilot was seen to drop into the sea by parachute, but he could not be found. - Rewards, £4 19s. 6d..
Walmer Kent.—At 4.20 P.M. on the * 4th October, 1939, the Deal coastguard reported that the s.s. Noordam, of Rotterdam, lying off Deal, had signalled for a boat to take a man ashore for an immediate operation. A strong E. by S. wind was...
FOUR SERVICES IN SEVENTEEN HOURS Southend-on-Sea, Essex.—At 2.30 in the afternoon of the 23rd of April, 1947, a resident of Leigh telephoned that a fishing boat was ashore at Marsh End, off Leigh. A strong south-south-west gale was blowing,...
For the last 12 years visitors to The Folly Inn on the banks of the River Medina on the Isle of Wight have been accosted by charming lady rattling her lifeboat collecting box! Twice a day, during flag week, Anne Burdett makes the ten minute... - View image in PDF
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Bembridge, Isle of Wight.—At 11.40 on the morning of the 24th of July, 1954, the Foreland coastguard telephoned that a yacht had been reported in difficulties on the Chichester harbour bar. At 11.49 the life-boat Jesse Lumb was launched. The...
THE LONG SERVICE BADGE, introduced from January 1, 1982, for crew members and shore helpers who have given active service for 20 years or more, has been awarded to: Aberdeen Assistant Mechanic G. Walker Crew Member W. Cowpcr Crew Member F....
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The John Gellatly Hyndman, a 52ft Burnett relief lifeboat on temporary duty at St Peter Port, under the command of Coxswain John Petit, on service to the oil rig Orion which ran aground on the north-west shore of Guernsey when she parted... - View image in PDF
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