Stornoway, Outer Hebrides. At 9.10 p.m. on ist October, 1965, the coastguard reported that a flare had been sighted about one mile to the south-west of Arnish light. There was a moderate north-easterly breeze with a choppy...
Cromarty.—Three boys went out in the fishing yawl Chrissie Jane, of Cromarty, on the 29th August, but found themselves unable to manage the boat, and were carried towards the dangerous King's Sons' Reef. A moderate W.S.W. wind was...
HAYLE, CORNWALL.—The s.s. Drumhendry, of Glasgow, bound from Ballydonegan Bay, Co. Cork, to Hayle, with dynamite and other explosives, in attempting to come into Hayle at about 2 P.M.
on the 29th April, was driven on the...
Ron Graham, Manhood branch president from 1996 until his death.
He joined the branch in 1977 and served had served as lifeboat day organiser, honorary treasurer and chairman, Mr Graham recieved the Silver badge in 1988..<...
Category: Obituaries
JANUARY 29TH. - SHERINGHAM, NORFOLK.
The Dudgeon Light-vessel had been bombed and marhine-gunned, but the lifeboat, which went out twice, found no one on board. - Rewards, £23 0S. 3d. and £19 9s. 6d..
FOLKESTONE.—The fishing boat Jessie, of Folkestone, left the port on the afternoon of Sunday, 26th August, and after a rough night at sea was observed on the following morning brought up off Seabrook. At 11.20 the Life-boat /. McOonnel...
This was the last exercise launch of the pulling and sailing life-boat Mary Andrew, before the station was temporarily closed on 17th January, 1939, when the Amble station was reopened, as an experiment, with a motor life-boat. Hauxley will... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Courtmacsherry Harbour, Co. Cork.— At 4.30 on the afternoon of the 28th of March, 1953, a woman rang up from Harbour View to say that a rowing boat with a crew of three was on the rocks near Harbour View to the east side of Courtmacsherry...
— Six men, -whilst working on the Pit Heap, Newburgh Colliery, saw the coble Sun- beam, of Newbiggin, capsize in Druridge Bay. A messenger was sent for the Life-boat, and the remaining five, knowing that there was a small boat lying on the...
Margate, Kent.—At 6.35 on the morn- ing of the 28th of September, 1954, the coastguard rang up to say that a tug with a yacht in tow had run ashore on the Hook Sands. At 6.45 the life-boat North Foreland, Civil Service No. 11 was launched....