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Humber, Yorkshire. At 8.51 on the evening of the 12th August, 1961, the coastguard informed the coxswain superintendent that the fishing vessel Royal Charter was aground north- north-east of no. 53 buoy. There was a gentle southerly breeze...

Weymouth lifeboat craw were conducting a man overboard exercise on Sunday 19 May 2002 when an unexpected guest came along to land a helping flipper.

Randy the dolphin is a popular local celebrity in the area and appeared...

abbreviated log preceded a day of inspection and damage assessment for all coastal staff in the area. The divisional inspector of lifeboats for the South East, Lieut-Commander Michael Woodroffe, was diverted to carry out a survey of Margate...

Whitby, Yorkshire.—At 4.22 on the morning of the 23rd of June, 1951, during a thick fog, the coastguard telephoned that a vessel was sounding SOS signals on her siren opposite the coastguard station. At 4.37 the No. 1 life-boat Mary Ann...

— At about 6.45 P.M. on the 22nd February the Coastguard reported that a vessel was burning flares near the Pakefield Gat- way. The Coxswain of the No. 1 Life- boat Kentwell at once assembled his crew and the boat proceeded in a whole W.S.W....

A few minutes after 8 P.M. on the 8th January the Coastguard reported that distress sig- nals were being fired from the St.

Nicholas Light-vessel, and without delay the No. 1 Life-boat Mark Lane was launched. They found the...

FOUR medals for gallantry were awarded by the Institution in 1946, two silver and two bronze. The silver medals were won by Coxswain John Murt, of Padstow, and Robert Harland, a member of the Whitby crew, and the bronze medals by Coxswain...