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RNLI volunteer David Gillingwater is the artist behind Oilskins: A Portrait of the Aldeburgh Lifeboat Crew. At the time of writing Lifeboat, the exhibition was just getting under way in the Suffolk town’s Garage...
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Queen Victoria, of Brixham
On the 27th October, 1867, during a strong gale of wind, the Florence life-boat put off, in reply to signals of distress from the smack Queen Victoria, of Brixham, which was dismasted off St. Govin's Head, and, with the assist- ance of a...
Phoebe, of Scarborough
On the 21st February, the brig Phoebe, of Scarborough, was stranded on a sand-bank near Covehithe, on this coast, during stormy weather. The Southwold large life-boat went oft', put 5 of her crew on board the vessel, and assisted in...
Francis of Shields
On the 25th October, the brigantine Francis, of Shields, was totally wrecked, and afterwards sunk on the Cockle Sands during a strong W.N.W. wind, and in a heavy sea. The Mark Lane life-boat went out and brought safely ashore the...
Boy Nicholas
GORLESTON, SUFFOLK.—In response to signals, the Life-boat Mark Lane was launched at 2.40 a.m. on the 16th September, and found the fishing-smack Boy Nicholas, of Lowestoft, aground on the East Cross Sand, where she had stranded in a thick...
Fishing Boats
MONTROSE.—On the 21st August the herring fleet started for the fishing ground in favourable weather; but during the night the wind blew very strongly from the E.S.E., increasing to a moderate gale, while a very heavy sea broke across thebar....
Sophia
PALLING. — While a whole gale was blowing from the E.S.E., accompanied by a very heavy sea, on the 5th January, intelligence was received that a vessel had gone ashore about a quarter of a mile from Hasborough, and that the services of the...
Devonia
Shortly before 3 A.M. on the 28th January a message was received from the Coast- guard stating that a steamer was ashore between Bull Point and Morthoe.
The Life-boat Co-operator No. 2 was ; very smartly launched, the...
Mint
At 7.30 P.M. on the 31st March the cox- swain of the Life-boat Queen Victoria saw the trawler Mint, of Brixham, run ashore on the White Ledge. He at once put off in a boat to see if it were possible to get her off, but the westerly wind...
Audacious
— At 8.30 P.M. on the 30th September the Life- boat James Stevens No. 9 was called out in answer to rockets from the Nore light-vessel. On reaching the " Nore," the Master reported that he had been repeating signals made from the...