Torbay, Devon - At 9.59 p.m. on yth August, 1967, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a flare had been seen about eight miles off Teignmouth. The life-boat Princess Alexandra of Kent slipped her moorings at 10.10 in a...
Humber, Yorkshire. At 3.30 on the afternoon of the 21st of August, 1959, the coastguard informed the coxswain superintendent that a yacht appeared to be in difficulties on the Outer Binks. At 3.45 the life-boat City of Bradford III was...
RESCUES FROM THREE YACHTS IN TURN Southend-on-Sea, Essex, and Margate, Kent. At 1.5 on the afternoon of the 26th August, 1962, the coastguard ininformed the honorary secretary at Southend-on-Sea that a small sailing dinghy had capsized near...
WOMAN BROUGHT TO MAINLAND FOR EMERGENCY OPERATION Galway Bay. At two o'clock on the afternoon of the 13th May, 1963, the local doctor asked for the services of the life-boat to take a woman, who was dangerously ill, from Aran to the...
Never has there been such a generous response by the public to the appeal of life-boat flag days as in 1940. The number of branches which held flag days was 771, and 475 of them raised larger sums than ever before. The number of people who...
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During December, 19-17, life-boats went out on service 44 times and rescued 24 lives.
NO PETROL Hartlepool, Co. Durham. — At nine o'clock on the night of the 2nd of December, 1947, the coastguard telephoned that a small...
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Torbay, Devon.—At eight o'clock oil the morning of the 19th of April, 1955, the French Vice-Consul rang up to say that the fishing boat Normandie, of Dieppe, had gone aground near Man- sands, and that two members of her crew of eight had...
Launches 23 Lives rescued 8 JUNE 4TH. - HOWTH, CO. DUBLIN. At 6.30 in the evening a yacht was seen endeavouring to make Howth, and the keeper of the Baily Lighthouse was asked to keep a watch on her. About nine o’clock he telephoned that the...
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DOUGLAS, ISLE OF MAN.—During a severe gale on the 20th October the barque Lebu, of Liverpool, at anchor about five miles from Douglas Head, hoisted signals of distress, in response to which the Douglas No. 2 Life-boat, the John Turner Turner...
The crew of a Breton trawler towed in by the Galway Bay life-boat (Seepage 176). - View image in PDF
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