Whitby, Yorkshire.—On the morning of the 15th of November, 1954, the weather worsened rapidly, and the crew of the motor fishing vessel Progress, when she returned to the harbour, said conditions at the harbour bar were dangerous. The...
Caister, Norfolk. At 6.58 on the morning of the 4th of December, 1960T the coastguard informed the coxswain that distress flares had been seen south of Scroby Elbow buoy. There was a strong south-westerly wind and a very rough sea. The...
Whitby, Yorkshire.—On the morning of the 31st of August, 1956, there was a heavy sea on the harbour bar. Local fishing boats and a fishing fleet from Scotland were at sea. Because of the conditions it was decided to launch the no. 1...
Falmouth, Cornwall. At 11.45 on the night of the 29th of May, 1959, the coastguard informed the assistant honorary secretary that the motor vessel Mitera Marigo of Monrovia was sinking near no. 5 buoy in Falmouth harbour and needed help. The...
Barrow, Lancashire. At 11.35 on the morning of the llth of December, 1959, a firm of shipping agents in- formed the honorary secretary that a radio message had been received from the s.s. Ribblehead, which had sailedon the morning tide from...
On the 14th of December, 1950, the Dunmore East life-boat saved the fish- ing boat St. Declan and -rescued her crew of five. The Institution awarded a bar to the bronze medal which he had won in 1941 to Coxswain Patrick Power, the bronze...
Clacton-on-Sea, Essex.—At 12.18 on the afternoon of the 12th of August, 1951, the coastguard telephoned that a yacht, five and a half miles south- south-west of Clacton, was rolling' heavily. She seemed to need help; so at 12.30 the life...
YACHT ESCORTED INTO HARBOUR Ramsgate, Kent. At 6.3 on the evening of the 1st April, 1962, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a yacht was in difficulties half a mile east of Quern buoy and was flying distress signals. There...
number, Yorkshire - At 1.45 p.m. on 7th October, 1967, the coastguard informed the coxswain that a fishingboat had broken down and was drifting one mile south-east of Chequer buoy. The life-boat Edward and Isabella Irwin, on temporary duty...
At 11.30 a.m. on 6th April, 1969, the second coxswain reported that a small boat was drifting out to sea towards the Chequers Shoal buoy.
The life-boat City of Bradford III was launched at 11.58 in a fresh north easterly...