Barra Island, Outer Hebrides.—At six o'clock on the evening of the llth of October, 1953, a doctor asked if the life-boat would take a sick man from Barra to South Uist, as the air ambu- lance could not land because of tidal conditions....
ON the evening of the 7th October, 1938, a small coaster was reported by the coastguard watchman at Rhosneigir to be making distress signals between Rhosneigir and Porthdinllaen. The Porthdinllaen and Holyhead life-boat stations were...
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At 3 o'clock in the afternoon of the 25th August, two youths, aged 15 and 14 respec- tively, took a boat from her moorings in the harbour and proceeded out to sea.
OH getting clear of the harbour, it was noticed by...
Brighton, Sussex. At 4.7 p.m. on 8th July, 1965, the life-guard for the east section of the beach told the beach superintendent's office that a boy on a rubber mattress was drifting seawards off Black Rock swimming pool and signalling...
During a whole S. by E. gale, with a very heavy sea and rain, on the 13th January, the 'oxswain was at the Coastguard Look- out, when, at 10.25 A.M., a message was received from Gorleston that a vessel off Gorton was firing a signal for...
Torbay, Devon.—At 6.15 P.M. on the 27th August the master of the motor boat White Heather reported that a motor boat was in a dangerous position under the cliff face at Berry Head, and that the two men on board were shouting for help. The...
Propeller fouled AT 1050 on -Monday June 25, 1984, Pentland Coastguard contacted Wick lifeboat station's deputy launching authority with the news that a salmon coble was in difficulties off Ackergill. At 1100 the relief 48ft 6in Solent...
During the local regatta which was held on the the 29th July, the S.W. wind freshened to a moderate gale and the sea became rough and heavy. Several of the com- peting boats found the seas too much and had to retire. The yacht Savourna, when...
ESCORT FOR DINGHY WITH TWO CHILDREN ABOARD Filey, Yorkshire. At 7.33 on the evening of the 23rd September, 1962, the coastguard passed on to the honorary secretary a report from a doctor's wife that the doctor and two children aged six...
Twelve months after its opening by HM The Queen, The Lifeboat College has been awarded 'Medium-sized project of the year' at the 2005 Quality in Construction Awards. The RNLI development came top in a shortlist of four projects in... - View image in PDF
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