Hastings, Sussex, and Dungeness, Kent. At 5.25 on the afternoon of the 13th of February, 1959, the honorary secretary at Hastings telephoned the coxswain of the Dungeness life-boat to ask if any of the local boats had seen the fishing boat...
Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire.—On the 15th September the Kinnaird Head coastguard reported a vessel ashore on Cairnbulg Briggs making signals of distress.
The weather was very thick, the sea calm and the wind easterly. At 2...
Scarborough, Filey and Flamborough, Yorkshire.—24th-25th September. The steam trawler Skegness, of Hull, went ashore on Speeton Cliffs and three life- boats and the life-saving apparatus were called out, but all efforts at rescue failed,...
MARGATE.—On the 2nd February, during a S.W. wind, the weather and sea being moderate, signals were observed from the Tongue Lightship about 7 P.M., in reply to which the Quiver Life-boat proceeded to her, and learned that a vessel was in...
PORTRAIT OF A COXSWAIN 130 NOTES OF THE QUARTER 131 TRIBUTE TO LIFE-BOAT DESIGNER 133 THE WRECK OF THE ANZIO I 134 CREW THROWN OUT OF IRB 136 AWARD FOR SIXTEEN YEAR OLD BOY 138 SIDELIGHTS ON STATIONS AND PLACES 139 THIRTY-FIFTH CIVIL SERVICE...
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DECEMBER 19TH. - NEWHAVEN, SUSSEX.
No news had been received from an R.A.F. launch which had put off to the help of a small patrol boat, but it was found that she had returned sometime before. - Rewards, £16...
Early in the morning of the 1st October the Life- boat Docea Chapman was called out, during a moderate north-westerly breeze and moderately rough sea, to the assistance of the steam trawler Ipswich, of Grimsby, which was stranded near...
The rough weather abilities of the Severn class helped coxswain Hewitt Clark save the life of five men last November. In a service which won him a Gold Medal the lifeboat's strength was tested to the extreme when massive seas hurled her... - View image in PDF
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St. Abbs, Berwickshire.—At about 9.30 P.M. on the 12th August, 1938, information was received from the lighthouse, through the signal station,that a boat close under the cliffs was in need of help. AN.E. wind was blowing and the sea was...
On the morning of the 23rd February the motor life-boat Herbert Joy II was launched for her monthly engine trials, in bad weather. The local motor fishing boat Progress also put out, long-line fishing. By 10.20 A.M. a heavy gale was...