Islay, Hebrides.—At 9.15 on the morn- ing of the 5th of May, 1957, the Kilchoman coastguard telephoned that a yacht was ashore on the Black Rock in the Sound of Islay and needed help.
The life-boat Edward Z. Dresden, on...
Survivors cling to upturned hull Selsey's Tyne class lifeboat City of London was called to the rescue of three Dutch sailors on 2 June 1993 when their 34ft yacht lost its ballast keel and capsized off Selsey during a fierce squall in the...
Kllmore, Co. Wexford.—On the morn- ing of the 10th of February, 1956, a man reported that the trawler Marylis, of Lorient, had run on the rocks in Ballyhealy Bay and that her crew of nine needed help. At 10.35 the life- boat Ann Isabella...
1st December.
A German trawler, the Spitzbergen, of Wesermunde, stranded and the life- boat crew assembled, but did not launch, as the vessel was not in im- mediate danger. Later a message, believed to have come from...
OWING to the very large number of services early in the year it is possible to include in this number of The Life- boat the accounts only of those reported to the February and March meetings of the Committee of...
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The motor life- boat City of Bradford I, on relief duty at this station, was launched at 8.25 A.M. on the 14th May, as the second motor mechanic had seen a small boat in danger about three and a half miles S.S.W. of the look-out. A strong...
Winch and rescue crew ready for action.. - View image in PDF
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Fishermen taken off THE COXSWAIN of Angle lifeboat was informed at 0007 on Friday December 1, 1978, that the 39ft fishing boat Cairnsmore, on passage to Scotland, was in trouble five miles south west of the Hats and Barrels. Maroons were...
The first Coastguard Training School has been opened at Brixham, South Devon. This was made necessary because of the need for intensive training in the use of new rescue aids and techniques..
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Commander Bernard Henry Brown RN(rtd). Basingstoke vice president from 1979 until his death. Commander Brown joined the branch in 1967 and served as a committee member, flag week organiser and factories colfector until 1978. He served as...
Category: Obituaries