The Licensed Victualler life-boat at Hunstanton saved the crew of 16 men of the barque Thetis, of Gothenburg, which had stranded on the Wool Pack Sand, about seven miles from Hunstanton.
The Herbert Ingram life-boat at Skeg- ness saved 2 men from the sloop Ant, of Boston, which became a total wreck on Skegness Beach.
CAISTER, NORFOLK.—On the evening of Sunday, 16th January, a letter was re-ceived by a messenger from Palling, stating that two ships were on the Hasborough Sand. A steam-tug was obtained from Great Yarmouth, and the Caister No. 2 Life-boat,...
Mr. Herbert Morrison, M.P., Minister of Transport, contributing to the Life-boat Collecting Box on the Brighton Front, during the Labour Party Conference, at which he presided,. - View image in PDF
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1908 One of the First Three Motor Life-Boats A 43-Feet Watson Boat With A 40 HP Petrol Engine Stationed at Broughty Ferry Cost £3400. - View image in PDF
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Ilfracombe, Devon.—The new motor life-boat Rosabella rendered her first service on the 16th September, when she landed the crew of three of the ketch Dido C, of Barnstaple. At 10.28 A.M.
the life-boat was launched in a...
Dunbar, Haddingtonshire.—19th July, 1939. A steamer had stranded on the South Carr Rock in a fog, but she got off at high water and went on her way.—Rewards, £5 10*..
Flamborough, Yorkshire.—At 7.30 A.M.
on the 30th May, 1938, a north gale sprang up, bringing a rough sea.
Several of the local fishing cobles were at sea, and the No. 1 motor life-boat Elizabeth and Albina...
Aberystwyth, Cardiganshire.—At 11.5 on the night of the 4th of May, 1950, the coastguard reported that a flashing light, believed to be a S.O.S. signal, had been seen between four and five miles north-west of the coastguard station.<...
Scarborough, Yorkshire. At 6.50 on the evening of the 21st of July, 1960, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the fishing boat Sparkling Star was in a sinking condition and was being towed by the collier Capitol, which had...