At 3.30 P.M. on the 31st October the Coastguard received a message from Broadstairs stating that a small open boat, with one man in her, was out at sea and drifting towards the Goodwin Sands. As a strong northerly breeze was blowing...
St. Ives, Cornwall.—At 5.10 on the afternoon of the 9th of August, 1953, the coastguard rang up to say that the ketch Totland, with a man, his wife and four children on board, was drifting near the Stones reef. At 5.35 the life-boat Edgar,...
IN the account of the naming ceremony of the Sennen Cove life-boat in the last issue of the journal, it was said that the ceremony had been arranged by Mr. Barrie Bennetts, the honorary secretary of the station, and the local committee. It...
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Lt Cdr R M Richards, President of Barmouth station. He joined before 1967 and was Chairman from 1968 until 1979 when he became President. He was awarded the Silver badge in 1986.. - View image in PDF
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Valentla, Co. Kerry.—At 5.15 on the afternoon of the 21st of July, 1956, a message was received from Valentia radio that the tanker Dona Myrto, of Panama, with a gravely ill man aboard, was expected to arrive off Yalentia at midnight. At...
At 9.30 A.M. on the 8th February a message was received by telephone stat- j ing that a vessel was in distress off I Buddonness Lighthouse. A strong gale was blowing at the time with a heavy j sea. The motor Life-boat Maria was at...
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At 11 A.M. on the 25th February, during a strong N.N.W. gale, the fishing-boat Renown, of Girvan, was seen returning from the fishing-grounds. As the sea was heavy and the bar was very bad, it was thought advisable to launch the Life- boat...
New Brighton, Cheshire.—At three in the afternoon of the 24th of March, 1952, the Mersey Docks and Harbour Board telephoned that a fishing boat had been reported aground on the revetment near C.16 buoy in the Crosby Channel and listing...
Sailboard out in force 8 MICHAEL TIGHE, a crew member of Sunderland's 16ft D class inflatable lifeboat, was near the lifeboathouse onthe afternoon of Sunday November 4, 1984, when he was told that a board sailor was in trouble near...