BOYS RESCUED Humber, Yorkshire. At 2.7 a.m. on 2nd January, 1965, the coastguard informed the coxswain superintendent that a boat from a pilot vessel with two boys on board had broken down, was unlit and drifting up river. At 2.35 the...
Humber, Yorkshire - At 9.20 a.m.
on 13th April, 1969, the coastguard reported that two red flares had been sighted off Donna Nook. The lifeboat City of Bradford HI was launched at 9.28 in a fresh north westerly wind with a...
Whit by, Sunday October 19, 1980: At 1030 a converted ship's lifeboat was seen heading towards the harbour entrance.
Conditions were very dangerous, with a very heavy swell and breaking seas at the bar and in the... - View image in PDF
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Humber, Yorkshire.—At 7.38 P.M. on the 6th April the Donna Nook coastguard reported that a vessel was ashore north of Donna Nook beacon.
A gentle breeze was blowing, with a slight swell, but there was a very dense fog. The...
Hidden among a band of ace fund raisers are Shoreham lifeboat's motor mechanic. Jack Silverson, and Ian Wallington, RO(SE). The children, class 1 (aged 10 and II) of Shoreham Beach First School, have just handed over a cheque for... - View image in PDF
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On Saturday, July 2 Port St Mary lifeboat, the 54' Arun The Cough Ritchie, went to the help of a small boat reported drifting with a fouled propeller on to the rocks below Ronaldsway Flying Club, about eight miles north east of the... - View image in PDF
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Lenvick, Sunday August 19, 1979:52ft Arun lifeboat So dian manoeuvring Norwegian fishing vessel Fr yvarden alongside Lenvick Harbour after towing her about 60 miles to safety.
Fr yvarden was disabled by a net round her... - View image in PDF
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With five motor fishing vessels preparing to try to enter harbour in an easterly gale and very rough seas, Scarborough lifeboat, the 37ft Oakley Amelia, launched at 1426 on March 18 and stood by at the entrance. Coastguards stood by on the... - View image in PDF
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Stornoway, Outer Hebrides.—At 12.58 early on the morning of the 8th of November, 1953, the coastguard rang up to say that the trawler Sea Hunter, which had a crew of twelve, had wire- lessed that she was leaking off the Shiant Islands, and...
(Left) 'Lifeboat Jubilee', a new rose grown by John Samiay (Roses) Ltd, will be on show at the Royal National Rose Society's Slimmer Show at the Horticultural Ha/I, I incent Square, London, SWI, on July 28 and 29.. - View image in PDF
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