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An Aeroplane (3)
St. Peter Port, Guernsey, and St. Helier, Jersey.—2nd February, 1938. A report had been received that a French military aeroplane had been forced down sea, but later it was learned that the plane was safe. The St. Peter Port motor life-boat...
Pilot Me II and the Courage
Whitby, Yorkshire.—At 2.30 on the afternoon of the 8th of December, 1954, the coastguard telephoned that the Scarborough fishing boat Pilot Me II was bound for Whitby with engine trouble, and that the Scarborough life- boat was with her. At...
Salonika
Ramsgate, Kent. At 7.53 on the evening of the 10th of July, 1960, the watchman on the east pier told the honorary secretary that a yacht was aground on the Brake Sands three and a half miles south of Ramsgate. The life-boat Michael...
(Above) 'It's a Bit Big Mum!'
(Above) 'It's a bit big Mum!' The competition to dress up in lifeboatman's gear is always popular - even if the stores can't supply quite the right size.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
William of Liverpool
RHYL.—The schooner William of Liverpool, bound from Liverpool to Foryd, arrived in the estuary on the evening of the 12th August, but, being unable to get into the Foryd during that tide, grounded on the east bank. At low water five men went...
The Admiralty Drifter Nairnside
DECEMBER 28TH. - WHITEHILLS, BANFFSHIRE. At 4.50 in the evening the coastguard reported signals from a vessel about five miles north-east of Whitehills, but the signals could not be understood. A northerly gale was blowing, with a rough sea,...
Get Away With the Lifeboat Lottery
By now those of you who receive lottery tickets will know that the top prize is a stunning Peugeot 206.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
A Ship’s Boat (1)
JULY 19TH. - ARRANMORE, CO.DONEGAL. At about noon a man reported a ship’s boat drifting off the island. The weather was moderate with a S.W. wind.
At 8 P.M. the motor life-boat K.T.J.S. was launched, and found the boat...
Picton Seaton
Barra Island, Outer Hebrides - At 10.45 a-m- on I9t^ July, 1967, the lifeboat R. A. Colby Cubbins No. 3 was launched in a gentle south westerly breeze and a moderate sea to stand by the trawler Picton Seaton, which had gone ashore when...
140,000 reasons for your support
When a kitesurfer was pulled to safety by Fraserburgh volunteers off the coast of Aberdeenshire last June, a major milestone was passed.
Bodgan Bocaneala (pictured) got entangled with his lines while kitesurfing in...
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