Yarmouth, Isle of Wight—At 4.10 in the afternoon of the 29th of May, 1949, information was received that a sailing yacht appeared to be in difficulties about four miles north-north-west of Shingles Bank. A strong south/west breeze was...
Lifeboat tows yacht to safety of Dunkirk The Dover coxswain /assistant mechanic Anthony Hawkins and crew members David Pascall and Rodney Goldsack have been a warded the Thanks of the Institution inscribed on Vellum following an eight-hour...
Llandudno, Caernarvonshire - At 4 p.m. on nth April, 1966, the coxswain informed the assistant honorary secretary that a small yacht was getting into difficulties in the bay. The coastguard was contacted, and after setting a watch they said...
Yarmouth, Isle of Wight.—On the morning of the 4th September the Needles Royal Naval Signal Station telephoned that a small yacht had capsized about one mile west of the Needles. The motor life-boat B.A .S.P.
was launched...
Porthdinllaen, Caernarvonshire.—At nine o'clock on the morning of the 17th of April, 1957, the coastguard tele- phoned that a motor vessel, which was.
towing a fifty-feet yacht, was thought to have ropes entangled in...
Walton and Frinton's lifeboat in action on a irvice to another yacht on 21 October 1990 sands to the south of the service on the i page.
The lifeboat had been launched at 0413 to i the Sheerness lifeboat, a helicopter... - View image in PDF
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Clacton-on-Sea, Essex - At 5.50 a.m. on I4th August, 1966, a yacht was aground on East Barrow sands. She was not showing any distress signals but in view of the weather conditions the lifeboat Edward and Isabella Irwin, on temporary duty at...
16th June. A yacht thought to be in difficulties came in under her own power.—Rewards, £1..
Barry Dock, Glamorganshire.—20th September. A small yacht had capsized, but a rowing boat from Penarthrescued the crew.—Rewards, £5 3s.
[An account of the rescue by the small boat will appear in the next number of The...