PENMON.—The ketch Eva Lena, of Liverpool, laden with limestone, was seen to run aground on the Dutchman's bank during a moderate breeze from the E.N.E.
on the 28th December. She showed no signal of distress, but hearing...
WORKINGTON, CUMBERLAND. In the evening of the 17th May, a strong W.
wind, which had been blowing all day, suddenly developed into a heavy gale, and at 8.45 signals were shown by a small schooner, the General Cathcart, of...
AUGUST 24TH. - SHERINGHAM, NORFOLK.
At about 7.30 P.M . the fishing smack Our Need, of Lowestoft, owned by a salvage firm and bound light from Lowestoft to Oban, with a crew of four, ran aground on the rocks about half a...
A ship was ob- served in distress on the Long Bank, during a southerly gale, on the 25th November.
The St. Patrick life-boat went off to her, and found she was abandoned. Afterwards she floated off the sands, but capsized...
THE LIFE-BOAT FLEET Motor Life-boats, 120 :: Pulling & Sailing Life-boats, 56 LIVES RESCUED from the foundation of the Institution in 1824 to September 30th, 1933 .... 63,450 A Remarkable Life-boat...
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SEPT. 10TH. - SHOREHAM HARBOUR, SUSSEX. The coastguard reported that the sailing yacht Wisp, of Shoreham, had capsized about one and a half miles to the southward of the harbour entrance. A fresh westerly wind was blowing, with a rather...
On the 2nd May a large four-masted barque was observed at anchor in Torbay flying a signal for assistance. The Coastguard reported the matter to the Harbour Master, and within a quarter of an hour of the crew being summoned the Life- boat...
Bembridge, Isle of Wight - At 3.43 p.m. on 3rd October, 1967, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a yacht with her engine broken down and her sail torn was firing flares four miles south south east of Ventnor. The life-boat...
The Severn is the largest of the fleet and is designed to lie afloat.. - View image in PDF
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Injured climbers rescued from foot of cliffs in heavy surfThe Helmsman of Bude's inshore lifeboat, Micky Sims, has been awarded the Thanks of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution inscribed on Vellum following the rescue of two...