Shoreham Harbour, Sussex.—On the night of the 18th June the coastguard reported that a motor yacht off the harbour was in need of help. A moderate to fresh S.W. breeze was blowing, with a fairly rough sea. The motor life-boat Rosa Woodd and...
The No I motor life-boat on 10th February, 1938, going out to the help of two fishing boats. - View image in PDF
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Launching the Life-boat on 9th August with the sons of H.R.H. Princess Mary, Countess of Harewood, on board.. - View image in PDF
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At 6.30 A.M. on 8th February, the steam trawler Johannesburg, of Scarborough, ran ashore on the north side of Filey Brigg. She had a crew of nine on board. Information was given by the Coastguard and the Filey Pulling and Sailing Life-boat...
The SS. Queen Elizabeth and the new Sennen Cove motor life-boat which went to her station last July.. - View image in PDF
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Lerwick, Shetlands.—At 12.20 in the afternoon of the 23rd of July, 1948, the coastguard telephoned that a Lancaster bomber, which had a crew of eight, was in distress forty-six miles south-east of Kirkabister Lighthouse. At 3.19 the...
Filey, Yorkshire.—As darkness was gathering on the evening of the 26th of September, 1949, there was some anxiety felt for the safety of the fishing coble Mary which, with a crew of three, had been due in at noon. At 7.25 the life-boat The...
ON THE SANDS At 5.45 a.m. on i3th June, 1965, the coastguard reported that an auxiliary.* yacht Misty Blue was ashore on the South East Girdler sands and listing 45°. The life-boat North Foreland (Civil Service No. ji) was launched at 6...
Tynemouth, Northumberland. At about 4 p.m. on 2oth June, 1965, the coxswain and another man were watching dinghies racing in the estuary when a sudden gust of wind capsized four dinghies at once. The sailing club's rescue boats were...
Ramsgate, Kent. At 7.50 p.m. on 2ist August, 1965, a local yacht club told the honorary secretary that three yachts were missing in a race. One was thought to be dismasted five miles inside the North Goodwin lightvessel. The life-boat...