Four lifeboats evacuate hundreds from severe flooding Inshore lifeboats on the North Wales coast were once again called in to help with relief work when floods hit the Llandudno area on 10 and 11 June 1993.
D class...
Five lifeboats in long search for lost fishermen Newcastle, Co. Down's, Oakley class lifeboat Jane Hay and Portaferry's Atlantic 21 Blue Peter V took part in long searches for the two crewmen from a fishing boat Silver Quest which...
Torbay, Devon. — At 6 P.M. on the 19th September the Berry Headcoastguard reported that a man had fallen over the cliff at Berry Head on to a ledge close to the water. He had been helping three others, who had got into difficulties when...
CAISTER, NORFOLK.—On the 5th June at 4 A.M. the barque Alecto, of Malta, bound from Cyprus to Aberdeen with locust beans, stranded on the Cross Sand during a fresh wind from 8.W. A yawl immediately proceeded to her, and remained alongside...
Above: Sen safety manager Peter Bradley is interviewed by GMTV's Lara Logan at the launch of the Beach Rescue pilot. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Take any 3books *mm*% PLUS CARRIAGE ONLY 2SP EACH THE . • SKUVIKKS , II INMMNi I -"ll* ' W(|'*'f and Save Up to £19 when you join the bi-monthly ra.
BOOK SOCIETY and make your choice from the best...
Category: Advertisement
Naming ceremoniesNorah Cadman at Blackpool The D class lifeboat was kindly provided by the generous bequest of Mrs Norah Cadman, in memory of the late Norah and Harry Cadman.
Colonel Alan Niekirk, member of the RNLI...
Category: Articles
Tempes- tuous weather was experienced on the north-east coast during the last days of September, and the Swedish barque Princess Wilhelmina of Halmstad, laden with firewood from Kemi to Dundee, became embayed off St. Andrews. Fail- ing to...
Southend-on-Sea, Essex.—At 9.44 on the night of the 17th of December, 1952, the coastguard telephoned that a vessel had been seen to burn flares one mile off Minster, Isle of Sheppey.
At 10.15 the life-boat Greater...
Sea food: members of Largs Junior Chamber of Commerce appear remarkably unconcerned by what is clearly a severe case of rising damp during a recent dinner staged on the slipway of the lifeboat station. This chilling experience, devised... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs