TOO MANY FISH Lowestoft, Suffolk. At 6.55 p.m. on 26th October, 1964, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a small boat was sinking in a slight sea and a light variable wind off Pakefield beach. The life-boat Frederick Edward...
DECEMBER 7TH. - MOELFRE, ANGLESEY.
An outward-bound convoy. under the command of Rear-admiral Ramsey, was passing. A gale was blowing and a drifter, which should have been there to bring ashore the pilots, had not arrived,...
EXPLOSION ABOARD GERMAN MOTOR VESSEL Hastings, Sussex. At 2.58 on the morning of the 6th September, 1962, the Fairlight coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a red flare had been seen six miles east-south-east of Fairlight look-out...
The ketch Galley, of Gloucester, carrying a crew of three hands, was caught in a bad squall on the 13th December, and had her sails blown away. She then drifted about three-quarters of a mile until near the rocks, where she dropped...
Coxswain Patrick Flaherty of Galway Bay, a holder of the bronze medal for gallantry, died on the 25th of October, 1957. He received his medal for an outstanding service in August 1938, when the crew of twelve of the steam trawler Nogi, which...
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Peterhead, Aberdeenshire. — At 5.50 in the morning, on the 27th of August, 1950, the coastguard telephoned that a vessel was ashore one mile north of Rattray Head. At 6.10 the life-boat Julia Park Barry, of Glasgoiv, was launched. The...
LAUNCHED IN MIST At i p.m. on 2yth May, 1964, the coastguard told the mechanic that a report had been received that a large vessel had gone aground west of the harbour entrance.
Visibility was very bad because of mist, it...
Zetland, the oldest known surviving lifeboat, went to Redcar in 1802—and has been there ever since.. - View image in PDF
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'horsing' the boat, she continued for a time to be launched with the aid of a locally-based regiment. Before being taken out of commission in 9 6John and Henrietta had been launched 61 times and rescued 27 lives. The boat was...
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CARNSORE—On the 19th December, the Life-boat Iris was launched to the assistance of the dandy Fairy, of Wexford, which vessel is employed as tender to the Tuskar lightship. Her mast had been carried away while wearing, during a fresh N.W....