Exmouth, Devon.—The motor life-boat Catherine Harriet Eaton was launched at 4.52 P.M. on the 15th November, as the coastguard had reported that a trawler, at anchor one mile off West Bay, was in need of help. She had asked for a tug earlier...
GERMAN MOTOR VESSEL TOWED CLEAR Mallaig, Inverness-shire. At 12.50 on the morning of the 30th September, 1962, the coastguard was informed by the Laird of Canna that a small coaster was ashore on the island. The life-boat E. M. M. Gordon...
James Hall - former Eastbourne lifeboat station Second Assistant Mechanic, Bowman and Crew Member.
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Blyth, Northumberland. At 8.38 on the evening of the 13th August, 1961, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the fishing vessel Girl Doris had broken down about six miles east-north-east of St. Mary's lighthouse and had...
While the wind was blowing a gale on the 24th February, the Gull Light-ship fired signals of distress for a ship on the Goodwin, and the Van Kook life-boat was at once launched, and proceeded to the sands, when the ship Ingrie, of Amsterdam,...
CROMER AND PALLING, NORFOLK.—At about 4.30 P.M. on the llth February the Cromer Life-boat, Louisa Hearticell, and the Palling No. 2 Life-boat, Hearts of Oak, went off to the Haisbro' Sands in response to a message from the light vessel...
FEBRUARY 6TH. - TOBERMORY, ARGYLLSHIRE. At 11.50 A.M. information was received from a resident of Ulva, through the police, that an unknown vessel had been seen drifting towards the Island of Little Colonsay, and at 12.55 P.M. themotor...
RAMSEY, ISLE OF MAN. — At about 2 o'clock on the afternoon of Sunday, 26th March, a signal of distress was shown by the schooner Countess of Caithness', of Gloucester, bound from Limerick to Port William, N.B., with a cargo of bones....