On the after- noon of the 13th May the sea got up, and the local motor fishing cobles William and Arthur, and B.S. Colling, which were out crab and lobster fishing, were in danger of being swamped.
The life-boat coxswain...
JULY 19TH. - FISHGUARD, PEMBROKESHIRE.
At 7.50 in the evening the coastguard telephoned that a vessel fourteen miles north of Strumble Head needed help.
The motor life-boat White Star was launched at...
THE building of new life-boats is necessarily delayed owing to war conditions.
I think it is, therefore, a suitable time to look back, and consider the way we have come to the present stage, then look forward, and consider...
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Ramsgate, Kent.—At 3.45 in the afternoon of the 1st of July, 1949, it was reported from the East Pier that a R.A.S.C. launch had broken down and was drifting towards the North Goodwin Lightvessel. The life-boat crew were assembled, but the...
MAN AND BOY CUT OFF BY TIDE Walmer, Kent. At 3.39 on the afternoon of Saturday the 13th of July, 1963, the Deal coastguard told the honorary secretary that a boatman returning from St. Margaret's with a fishing party had seen two people...
SOUTHEND-ON-SEA, ESSEX.—On the morning of the 25th March, a strong breeze was blowing from N.E., the sea was moderate and the weather thick, with snow squalls. About 10 o'clock the coxswain of the Life-boat James Steveiis No. 9 received...
At 3.55 p.m. on 23rd May, 1970, it was learnt that a youth had fallen over the cliff three to four miles westof the Anvil Point lighthouse. The life-boat R.L.P. was launched at 4.10. It was shortly before low water.
She...
Dinghy capsized A SMALL SAILING DINGHY capsized by the Mulberry harbour, Littlestone, was reported to Dover Coastguard at 1103 on Saturday September 6, 1980. Her crew, two young boys, were signalling for help and it was later learned that...
CABIN CRUISER FOUND AGROUND IN RIVER Broughty Ferry, Angus. At 5.16 on the afternoon of the 1st July, 1962, the coastguard informed the coxswain that a boy was adrift in a small rubber dinghy off Carnoustie. The life-boat The Robert was...
— At 8.35 A.M. on the 12th March a telegram was received from Milford - on - Sea, stating that a small vessel was labour- ing heavily in a dismasted condition, and displaying signals of distress. The crew of the Life-boat Robert Fleming were...