Dunbar, East Lothian - At 9.47 a.m.
on 3rd April, 1966, the coastguard informed the coxswain of the life-boat that the cabin cruiser Fiola of Glasgow, with a crew of three, was aground on Belhaven Sands. The owner of the...
Newbiggin, Northumberland.—On the morning of the loth of October, 1955, eight fishing cobles put off to tend their crab pots, but the weather worsened and six of the boats returned. At eleven o'clock the life-boat Richard Ashley was...
Campbeltown, Argyllshire. At 7.35 on the evening of the 24th of Septem- ber, 1958, the coastguard reported that a message had been received from the wife of a salmon fisherman at Machrihanish that a yacht was dragging her anchor in...
Bude, Cornwall - At 12.15 P-m. on 30th May, 1966, the IRB was on exercise with a partly trained crew when she received a message that a bather was in difficulties half a mile north west of Bude.
She proceeded immediately in...
Dover, Kent. At 1.43 on the after- noon of the 20th of July, 1958, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that the police had reported a rowing boat in difficulties off Copt Point. At two o'clock the life-boat Southern Africa put out...
Tenby, Pembrokeshire. At 11.35 on the morning of the 23rd of April, 1960, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a boy was drifting out to sea in a dinghy off Amroth. Four minutes later the life-boat Henry Comber Brown was...
BERWICK-ON-TWEED.—A strong S. gale sprung up suddenly on the morning of the 17th January, and about twelve fishing-boats, of Spittal, were obliged to leave their lines and run for shelter. As there was a strong sea on the bar with a strong...
BROUGHTY FERRY, DUNDEE.—A new 33- feet 10-oared Life-boat and carriage have been sent here in lieu of the old boat and carriage, which were becoming unfit for further service. The expense of the same was defrayed from the Life-boat Fund...
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(11)—Second coxswain Dennis Finch.
Became second coxswain when Frank Bloom took over as coxswain in 1964.
Worked as a boat builder at Halls Boat Yard, Walton, until recently. Now takes out fishing parties.... - View image in PDF
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At 4.20 P.M. on the 19th February, when the steamer Owain Tudur, of Hull, was proceeding to sea she took the ground, and the seas commenced to wash over her. The No. 1 Life-boat Sarah Jane Turner was launched to her assistance, but on...