At 6.4 p.m. on 29th April, 1964, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a small boat was drifting out to sea with two boys on board. There was a gentle westerly breeze with a slight sea.
The life-boat Sir Godfrey...
Aberystwyth, Cardiganshire. At 12.50 p.m. on 23rd August, 1964, the police told the honorary secretary that a motor boat had capsized five to six miles north of Aberystwyth. At 12.55 the inshore rescue boat launched in a fresh south-westerly...
From ist October to 3ist December, 1964, inshore rescue boats were launched on service 19 times. On three occasions, described below, they were able to rescue people in difficulties.
Whitstable, Kent. At 5 p.m. on ist...
Category: Services
DRIFTING TO SEA Clacton-on-Sea, Essex. At 12.15 p.m. on 16th October, 1964, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that three people in a small dinghy were trying to attract attention. Their craft was off Holland Haven drifting seawards...
TOW FOR FISHING VESSEL TO DOCK Lerwick, Shetlands. At 6.35 on the morning of the 14th May, 1962, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the motor fishing vessel Vesper had fouled her propeller with a net and was drifting off...
FISHING VESSEL TOWED TO HARBOUR Peterhead, Aberdeenshire. At 4.27 on the afternoon of the 12th April, 1963, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the fishing vessel Progress of Boddam, was overdue and the weather was...
Newbiggin, Northumberland.—On the evening of the 31st of May, 1954, some fishing cobles put off to go salmon fishing, but at 9.30 one of them came ashore and reported that the sea was rough and that the weather was worsening. Conditions were...
The motor vessel Lea to which the Whithy life-boat put out (see page 81). - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
REAR-ADMIRAL T. P. H. BEAMISH, C.B., who died on the 2nd of May at the age of-76, had been a member of the Committee of Management for twenty-seven years. He was elected to the Committee in 1924, served on the General Purposes and Boat...
Category: Obituaries
Shoreham Harbour, Sussex. — At 11.23 in the morning of the 14th of October, 1951, pilots reported that a yacht with a body in tow was off Shoreham, and needed help. At 11.28 the life-boat Rosa Woodd and Phyllis Lunn was launched in calm...