FEBRUARY 17TH. - PADSTOW, CORNWALL.
Shortly before noon the coastguard at Stepper Point reported, by telephone, distress signals from a trawler four miles north-west-by-north of Trevose Head. A fresh northerly wind was...
JANUARY 26TH. - ROSSLARE HARBOUR, CO. WEXFORD. At 8.5 A.M.
the coast watching station at Greenore Point reported a vessel in distress two and a half miles N.E. of Greenore. A moderate S.E. wind was blowing, with a...
JULY 15TH. - CULLERCOATS, NORTHUMBERLAND.
At 4.5 in the afternoon a message was received from the Tynemouth coastguard that bathers were in difficulties at Sharpness Point, Tynemouth. A fresh north-east wind was blowing,...
OCT. 18TH. - EXMOUTH, AND TORBAY, DEVON. A message was received at 7.25 P.M. from the R.A.F. that two of their speedboats had broken down twelve miles S.W. of Beer Head, and the motor lifeboat was launched with the help of soldiers.
Amazingly, Poole lifeboats hadn’t been called out for a month, belying our status as one of the busiest coastal stations, but on Sunday 28 October at 10.59am, my pager broke its silence. Spurred into action, I knew that it could be something...
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MOETE BAY, NQBTH DEVON;—The s.s.
Lynx, of Cardiff, bound from that port to Portreath, with coal, sprang a leak when off Morthoe Point, on the 6th March, and with the view of saving the lives of the crew, the master ran her...
— On the night of the 14th April the coastguard reported red flares some distance north- east of Blyth. A strong S.W. wind was blowing, with a moderate sea.
The motor life-boat Joseph Adlam was launched at 10.40 P.M., and...
At 7.30 p.m. on igth August, 1967, the coxswain was informed that the fishing boat Splaugh Queen was flying distress signals half a mile south of Splaugh buoy.
The motor vessel Duke of Rothsay also reported seeing the...
SEPTEMBER 20TH. - YOUGHAL, CO.
CORK. At 8.55 in the morning a message came that four fishing boats in the harbour were in danger of being swamped. A northnorth- east gale was blowing, with a very rough sea. The motor...
Richard Roberts, of Deal, William Cooper, of Ramsgate, Frederick John Eagles, of Plymouth, John Crocombe, of Lynmouth.
THE Institution has lost by death during the last four months four distinguished ex-coxswains of...
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