PETERHEAD, N.B.—On the 31st August the boats prosecuting the herring fishing at Peterhead proceeded to sea. During the night a strong breeze sprang up from the N.E. and raised a heavy sea, and the boats ran for the harbour. About 11...
How does a volunteer lifeboat crew member find the time to juggle their work and personal life with their lifeboat duties - and why? Jon Jones spent some time on the Isle of Wight with Bembridge coxswain Martin Woodward to try to get some...
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NOVEMBER 6TH. - DONAGHADEE, CO.
DOWN. At 10.30 P.M. the coastguard at Donaghadee reported a steamer ashore in Belfast Lough. A moderate N.E. breeze was blowing, but the sea was rough. A later message asked for help, and the...
The Life-boat Four Sisters pro- ceeded through a heavy westerly gale to the Eaxel, a schooner belonging to Mil- ford, which, on the 9th December, was wrecked neat the Owers Lightship. A heavy surf raged along the beach, and a long struggle...
PORTHCAWL.—The coxswain of the Lifeboat Speedwell was informed by the pilot on watch, on the 7th April, that a vessel was running for the shore in a sinking condition. At 6.20 A.M. the Life-boat was launched, and proceeded, in a moderate N.N...
Whltby, Yorkshire.—At 12.20 on the afternoon of the 10th of February, 1953, the conditions at the harbour bar were very bad and four local fishing vessels were still at sea. The No. 1 life-boat Mary Ann Hepworth was launched at 12.38 in a...
YACHT FOUND ABANDONED AND ASHORE Hoylake, Cheshire. At 11.20 on the night of the 2nd June, 1963, the Formby coastguard informed the honorary secretary that red flares had been seen near Hilbre Island, and at 12.6 the reserve life-boat Frank...
Walmer, Kent - 9.56 p.m. on 15th August, 1969, the coastguard reported that a yacht was aground on the Goodwin sands about five miles east of Deal pierhead. At 10.8 the life-boat Charles Cooper Henderson, on temporary duty at the station,...
Ramsgate, Kent. At 10.29 on the night of the 3rd July, 1961, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a motor cruiser was firing red flares a mile and a half east of the North Goodwin lightvessel. There was a moderate...
Scarborough, Yorkshire. At noon on ist November, 1965, the weather was rapidly deteriorating and two open cobles were still at sea, so the life-boat James and Catherine MacFarlane, on temporary duty at the station, was launched in a...