APRIL 20TH. - APPLEDORE, AND ILFRACOMBE, DEVON. At about 1 P.M.
a message was received at Appledore from the Croyde coastguard that an aeroplane had crashed in the sea on the south side of Morte Bay, and at 1.10 P.M. the...
NOVEMBER 7TH. - LYTHAM-ST. ANNES, LANCASHIRE. Two fishing boats had been delayed by a dense fog, but returned while the life-boat was searching for them. - Rewards, £8 3s..
JULY 22ND. - LYTHAM-ST. ANNES, LANCASHIRE. A yacht had been reported in difficulties, but got safely to land without help. - Rewards, £9 9s.
Stornoway, Outer Hebrides. At 8.30 p.m. on 29th January, 1965, the coxswain informed the honorary secretary that the M.F.V. Moira Herd was aground at Red Beacon, Holm Head. The lifeboat James and Margaret Boyd proceeded to the casualty at...
While a strong gale was blowing from the S., accompanied by a very heavy sea, on the night of the 5th October, signals of distress were shown by the schooner Mary and Martha, bound from Queensferry for Dundalk, laden with bricks, which had...
Blackpool, St Annes and Fleetwood guilds organised a Gala Evening in the Paradise room at Blackpool pleasure beach in April to celebrate the 175th anniversary.. - View image in PDF
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Walton and Frinton, Essex - At 2.50 p.m. on 24th July, 1966, during the sea cadets' regatta, the weather conditions deteriorated and on the advice of the lifeboat coxswain the organizers decided the event should be cancelled. The wind...
Surfsports are becoming ever more popular, and leading to more and more lifeboat and lifeguard rescues.
With this in mind, the RNLI has published In the Surf, a guide to surfsport safety.
Packed with...
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OCT. 17TH. - AMBLE, AND BOULMER, NORTHUMBERLAND. A steamer had been reported in distress. Her position was given as nine miles S.E. of Coquet Island, and the Amble motor life-boat was launched.
A warning of an air-raid had...
OCT. 17TH. - AMBLE, AND BOULMER, NORTHUMBERLAND. A steamer had been reported in distress. Her position was given as nine miles S.E. of Coquet Island, and the Amble motor life-boat was launched.
A warning of an air-raid had...