During a strong W.S.W. gale and heavy sea on the 15th October signals of distress were seen on the French schooner Clara, and about the same time a tug reported that the Life-boat was required. The Coxswain of the Life-boat Charlie Medland...
Teesmouth, Yorkshire.—At 10.25 on the night of the 17th of January, 1952, the South Gare Lighthouse keeper telephoned that a ship had gone aground on the training wall in the mouth of the River Tees, and at eleven o'clock the life-boat...
Stephen Tilsley, chairman of Bournville and District branch, receives a cheque for £625 from Martin Hunt (r), chairman of Centre Snorkelling Club. The money was raised by young members of the club, aged between seven and 17, who took... - View image in PDF
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PORT ERIN, ISLE OF MAN.—On the 14th September the William Sugden Life-boat was despatched to the assistance of two fishing-boats which had been overtaken when on the lee side of Calf Island by a gale from the north-west and a heavy sea,...
ESCORTED FOUR At 1.15 p.m. on i6th September, 1964, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that the small fishing coble Nancy was off Flamborough hauling her lobsterpots.
The wind at this time was blowing a near gale...
Barra Island, Hebrides.—At 3.30 on the morning of the 7th of March, 1957, a message was received from the Storno- way coastguard that the steam trawler Andradite, of Fleetwood, was ashore near Curachan Rock. The life-boat Lloyds put out at...
On the 23rd November, the schooner Rose, of Lynn, was stranded off Linemouth, 2 miles north of Neivbiggin, on the Northumberland coast. The Institution's life-boat stationed at Newbiggin was conveyed to the spot on her carriage, but...
Ray shows his appreciation for one of his leaving gifts. - View image in PDF
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BY winning a second-service clasp to his silver medal for the rescue of the two men from the barge Sepoy, as described on page 197, Coxswain Henry G. Blogg has equalled a record which has stood in the history of the Institution for...
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