Valentia, Co. Kerry. At 12.50 on the afternoon of the 9th of September, 1960, the honorary secretary received a report that a man was missing from a party of visitors who had been bathing at Keel Strand. The life-boat Rowland Watts left her...
Valentia, Co. Kerry. At 2.55 on the afternoon of the 5th of September, 1960, a Mayday message was received from Valentia radio station that the fishing vessel Ros Ceaion was adrift in Blasket Sound and needed help. There was a moderate...
The Institution also announces with deep regret the deaths of the following former coxswains:— COXSWAIN JAMES ROACH, of Plymouth.
COXSWAIN EDDIE MADRON, of Penlee..
Category: Obituaries
The Institution also announces with deep regret the deaths of the following former coxswains:— COXSWAIN JAMES ROACH, of Plymouth.
COXSWAIN EDDIE MADRON, of Penlee..
Category: Obituaries
Weymouth, Dorset. At 3.8 on the afternoon of the 6th May, 1961, the coastguard informed the honorary sec- retary that a whaler from H.M.N.Z.S.
Taranaki, with three men aboard, hadcapsized in the middle of Portland harbour...
Lowestoft, Suffolk. At 3.25 on the morning of the 16th May, 1961, the coastguard informed the honorary sec- retary that the motor vessel Ameland, of Gliickstadt, was aground on Holm Sand about three and a half miles east of Lowestoft. She...
Moelfre, Anglesey. At nine o'clock on the evening of the 25th May, 1961, the coastguard informed the honorary sec- retary that a boat from the tanker North Monarch of Monrovia had broken down a mile to the north-east. At 9.10, when the...
Southend-on-Sea, Essex. At 5.10 on the afternoon of the 26th September, 1961, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a member of the crew of the tanker Aureity of Lon- don had fallen down a ladder and might have broken some ribs...
Flamborough, Yorkshire. At 4.17 on the afternoon of the 30th November, 1961, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a small fishing coble appeared to be broken down north-north-west of the coastguard look-out. The life-boat...
YACHT AT STANDSTILL At 4.56 p.m. on 3ist May, 1964, the coastguard told the life-boat coxswain that a yacht was in difficulties outside Holyhead breakwater and at 5.15 the lifeboat St. Cybi (Civil Service No. 9) was launched. A gale was...