On 16th February the ketch Elizabeth, of Bideford, when endeavouring to enter Bude Harbour in a heavy ground sea, got into difficulties, and was driven on to the rocks on the north side of the harbour, where seas continually broke over her,...
Awards To Coxswains, Crews and Shore Helpers The following coxswains, members of lifeboat crews and shore helpers were awarded certificates of service on their retirement and, in addition, those entitled to them by the Institution's...
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Arbroath, Angus.—At 7.22 on the night of the 17th of February, 1952, the coastguard telephoned that two girls were marooned on a rock east of Auchmithie, about four miles north of Arbroath, and at 7.33 the life-boat Robert Lindsay was...
DORNOCH FIRTH AND EMBO.—Signals of distress having been seen on the evening of the 20th January, the Life-boat Daisie was launched, and found the Come On, an open fishing-boat belonging to Gardenstown, Port of Banff, with a crew of six men,...
Clacton-on-Sea, Essex.—On the 10th August the paddle steamer Clacton Queen, of Rochester, left Clacton to visit Chatham, where Navy Week was being held. She carried a company of several hundred people. She did not return as expected, and...
After the Moses life-boat had returned to her station from the wreck of the Lizzie, a vessel was seen in distress in the offing. The boat was launched to her assistance; on reaching her it was found that she was in a leaky state, and likely...
MARCH 3RD. - BERWICK - ON - TWEED, NORTHUMBERLAND, AND EYEMOUTH, AND ST. ABBS, BERWICKSHIRE. About 3.15 in the afternoon men were seen to bale out from an aeroplane which crashed in the sea some two miles off Burnmouth. A light westerly wind...
The weather was so bad on the night of the 6th March that a watch was kept all night and at about 6.30 next morning it was reported that a schooner off the Bull Lighthouse was steering very badly.
She was watched for some...
Honorary Life Governors THE following have been appointed honorary life governors of the Institution and presented with a copy of the vote inscribed on vellum and signed by H.R.H. the Duchess of Kent as President of the Institution : LADY...
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Tynemouth, Northumberland.—At 4.31 in the afternoon of the 6th of August, 1949, the day on which the County Borough Centenary Celebra- tions opened, the South Shields police reported that a sailing yacht had cap- sized off the Trow Rocks,...