Mr George Robey In The Scarborough Life-Boat On Life-Boat Day. - View image in PDF
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THREE RESCUED FROM MOTOR LAUNCH Moelfre, Anglesey. At 1.3 on the afternoon of the 12th April, 1963, the coxswain noticed that the motor launch Marilyn of the Red Wharf Bay Sailing Club had stopped and was drifting rapidly east of Moelfre...
ARDROSSAN, AYRSHIRE. — On Saturday, 26th January, four men put off in a boat and proceeded to Horse Island, which is about a mile and a half distant from Ardrossan harbour, for the purpose of shooting wild fowl. While they were on the island...
'-On the 8th of April the brigantine Cebufg, of Whitby , ran ashore in an E.S.E. gale near Bridlington Quay.
The Bridlington life-boat belonging to the NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION was immediately launched, and...
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10th October. A vessel had been reported to be ashore W. by S. of the Tongue light-vessel, but no vessel could be found.—Rewards, £8 13s..
The tubular life-boat was likewise the means of rendering good service to another shipwrecked crew on the 19th October.
During the previous night a very severe gale had swept over Liverpool and its neigh- bourhood, and...
MILFORD.—The schooner Slaney, of Wexford, bound to Newport, Hon., in ballast, showed a signal of distress during a strong gale on the morning of the 26th September. The Life-boat Katharine put off to the vessel and found that her crew did...
12th January.
Flares had been seen, but a search revealed nothing. It was learnt later that seaplanes at exercise had dropped lighted parachutes.—Rewards, £13 2s. 6d..
NORTH DEAL. — Signal rockets and guns having been fired by the Gull Light-vessel while a whole gale from the S.W. was blowing, accompanied by a very heavy sea, on the 11th February, the Life-boat Mary Somerville was launched at about 10.15 P...
Blyth, Northumberland. At 7.15 on the evening of the 19th May, 1961, during an exercise launch of the life- boat City of Bradford II, on temporary duty at the station, it was noticed thatthe fishing vessel Venture had broken down south-east...