On the night of the 20th December, the Life-boat George Hounsfield, stationed at this place, put off, during a gale from the S.W., in reply to signals of distress, in the shape of burning tar-barrels, from a vessel which proved to be the...
Dunbar, East Lothian.—-At 6.25 on the evening of the 29th of August, 1956, the coastguard telephoned that a message had been received from the police that a sailing dinghy had cap- sized in Belhaven Bay. At 7.5 the life-boat George and Sarah...
IN the June, 1964, number of THE LIFE-BOAT it was stated that a delegation from the United States Coast Guard which visited Europe in 1928 had decided that the Watson cabin life-boat of the R.N.L.I. was the most suitable for their purposes...
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ABERYSTWITH, CARDIGANSHIRE.—The Life-boat stationed here many years since has been replaced by a new self-righting boat, which is 35 ft. long by 8 ft. 6 in.
wide and rows ten oars double-banked.
She is...
Category: Inaugurations
HARTLEPOOL, DURHAM. At about 3 in the afternoon of the 19th of September, 1943, the 18-ton motor fishing boat Alexandra, with a crew of five, was fishing some 10 miles east-north-east of Heugh Light in Hartlepool Bay, when the men saw an...
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Aldeburgh, Suffolk. At 4.45 on the morning of the 30th of September, 1959, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the motor vessel Emergo III, which had been carrying out survey work, had lost both anchors off Sizewell and had...
ABERYSTWYTH.—On the 27th November, intelligence being received that 3 young men in a fishing-boat had been blown out to sea and were in great peril, the Lifeboat Lady Haberfield proceeded in search, and found the boat about 8 miles from the...
THE HONORARY SECRETARY of Rye Harbour lifeboat station, Humphrey Lestocq, was at the first floor window of his home on the afternoon of Friday August 27, 1982, watching the flight of a red Tiger Moth fitted with floats, a familiar sight in...
JUNE 29TH. - GREAT YARMOUTH AND GORLESTON, NORFOLK. At six in the morning the Great Yarmouth coastguard reported a vessel aground on the Scroby Sands. There was a light westerly breeze, and the sea was smooth. At 6.45 the motor life-boat...
The fish ing boat William and Michael, of Wex- ford, whilst homeward bound from the fishing - ground on the 23rd July, grounded on the Swanton Bank owing to the vessel missing stays. A moderate breeze prevailed at the time, with heavy...