Superintendent Coxswain Brian Sevan of Humber lifeboat station, the first lifeboatman to receive the gold, silver and bronze medals for gallantry at the same annual presentations of awards meeting. He was awarded the gold medal, and his crew... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
JAN. 2lST.. - PENLEE, CORNWALL.
Early in the morning the Belgian trawler Paul Therese, of Ostend, broke from her moorings in Newlyn Harbour and drifted out to sea. Her crew of six were asleep and unconscious of their danger...
FEB. 11TH. - ROSSLARE HARBOUR, CO.
WEXFORD. At 9.55 P.M. a telephone message was received that the Coningbeg Lightvessel had signalled a passing steamer that she wanted the life-boat to take ashore a man who was dangerously...
OCTOBER 1ST. - GREAT YARMOUTH AND GORLESTON, NORFOLK. At noon the Gorleston coastguard reported a drifter on Scroby Sands, flying a distress signal. A light north-westerly breeze was blowing, with a swell. The motor life-boat Louise Stephens...
Top coxswains Bill Cargill, coxswain of Montrose lifeboat and Harold Jones, retired coxswain of Beaumaris lifeboat have been honoured by their local communities for their hard work on behalf of the lifeboat service - Bill has been named 1996...
Category: Articles
On the 14th May the first of six fishing-cobles re- turned to harbour, in a strong N.N.E.
breeze, at 11.30 A.M. Four boats came in safely, and although everything was in readiness it was not considered neces- sary to launch...
CROSSAIG, KINTYRE, ARGYLLSHIRE. Just before daylight on the 26th of May, 1943, a Royal Naval aeroplane dived into the sea near Crossaig, north of Carradale, on the east coast of Kintyre. The weather was fair, the sea smooth. Eleven men were...
Category: Services
DECEMBER 7TH. - 13TH. - CROMER, AND GREAT YARMOUTH AND GORLESTON, NORFOLK. At two in the morning a message was received at Cromer from the coastguard that a vessel was ashore one and a half miles south of Palling coastguard station. A strong...
Knockdown A COASTER, Fendyke, in trouble off Carnoustie a few miles north of the entrance to the River Tay was reported to the honorary secretary (operations)of Broughty Ferry lifeboat station, who is also the harbour master, by HM...
AYR, SCOTLAND.—The Life-boat at this station has been replaced by a new one of the Liverpool type, 35 ft. long by 10 ft. wide, rowing 12 oars and fitted with 2 drop keels. Like her predecessor she is named the Janet Hoyle, as desired by the...
Category: Inaugurations