OCTOBER 17TH. - SHERINGHAM, NORFOLK.
At 4 P.M. the flag officer in charge at Great Yarmouth asked that the life-boat should take out a doctor to H.M. Trawler 677, which was two miles N.E. of Sheringham.
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Ramsgate, Kent.—Between noon and one in the afternoon of the llth of July, 1950, the coastguard reported a sailing yacht apparently in danger of going aground. She was originally on a northerly course, but later headed south. He thought she...
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On the 26th December the Life-boat Queensbury was instructed to put to sea with all haste as a steamer named the Leersum, of Amsterdam, carrying a crew of nineteen hands, had struck a mine and foundered four miles S.E. off Scar- borough. The...
Prince Charles shakes hands and has a chat with Rock lifeboat crew members. Photo: John Beckett Photography. - View image in PDF
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Mersey saves five despite loss of one engine When the remnants of Hurricane Lili swept up the Channel on 28 October it not only caused considerable damage ashore but also caught out a 90ft modern yacht, well-found and fitted with modern...
AT 9.20 on the night of the 30th of January, 1952, the Brixham coast- guard saw flashing signals outside Torbay about four miles north-east of Berry Head. They were unread- able, but they seemed to come from a vessel which was making no...
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Shortly after 9 A.M., on the 26th November, a telegram was received stating that a boat was being driven towards Arbroath, and suggesting that a look-out should be kept for her. A watch was accord- ingly set, and about a quarter of an hour...
Walmer, Kent. At 3.18 on the after- noon of the 20th May, 1961, the coast- guard informed the honorary secretary that he had seen from the cliff-top at St. Margaret's two canoeists capsize about a mile off shore in choppy...
Three snatched to safety in atrocious weather conditions Coxswain Ron Cannon of Ramsgate lifeboat has been awarded the RNLI's Silver Medal for bravery, with Emergency Mechanic Timothy Hurst and Crew Member Lance Oram receiving Thanks on...