Clovelly, Devon - At 8.35 p.m. on 23rd November, 1968, the deck watch of life-boat 70-007 informed the staff coxswain that cries for help were coming from the beach to the east of Clovelly. The searchlight was switched on and the IRB carried...
GORLESTON, SUFFOLK AND WELLS, 1 NOKFOLK.—The large sailing Life-boat on j the Gorleston station, which was transferred there from Great Yarmouth in 1883, having become unfit for further service, has recently been replaced by a new boat of...
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The Mumbles, Glamorganshire - At 2.42 a.m. on 3ist July, 1967, it was learnt that a vessel had fired red flares two and a hah0 miles south east of the Scarweather lightvessel. At 3 o'clock the lifeboat William Gammon - Manchester and...
Lowestoft, Suffolk. At 3.25 on the morning of the 16th May, 1961, the coastguard informed the honorary sec- retary that the motor vessel Ameland, of Gliickstadt, was aground on Holm Sand about three and a half miles east of Lowestoft. She...
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BRANCASTER, NORFOLK.—On the moming of the 2nd February it was reported by the Coastguard that lights had been seen on the Barnham Flats and that a vessel was in a dangerous position off Thornham.
A strong wind was blowing...
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CLUNG TO WRECKAGE Penlee, and Sennen Cove, Cornwall.
At 2.58 a.m. on 23rd October, 1963, the coastguard at St. Just was informed by Land's End radio that a Spanish vessel had gone aground near Mount's...
Two figures, representing lifeboatmen of 1882 and 1982 and sculptured by Bernard Schwartz, are being produced b The History of Porcelain Company, High Street, Shoreham Village, Sevenoaks, Kent ("Tel: Otford 3416). Until September 1982... - View image in PDF
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The trawler Armana, of Fleetwood, was going out to the fishing grounds on the llth January, when she ran aground .on a submerged rock. The weather was fine and there was no wind, but the motor life-boat Lloyd's was launched at 1.45 P.M.,...