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The Danish Fishing Vessel Senious
Lerwick, Shetlands - At 12.35 a-mon 22nd March, 1966, a vessel was reported aground to the east of Lerwick harbour. There was a moderate north westerly breeze and a calm sea. The lifeboat Claude Cecil Staniforth set out 20 minutes later on...
Tiger Fish
NET CAUSED TROUBLE At i.20 a.m. on nth August, 1964, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a red flare seen in Portballantrae bay was being investigated. It was one hour before low water with a gentle southwesterly breeze. Twenty...
The Royal Life-Boat Matinee
THE third annual Royal Life-boat Matinee organised by the Central London Women's Committee of the Ladies' Life-boat Guild was held at the Savoy Theatre (lent by Mr. Rupert D'Oyly Carte) on 5th December, in the presence of H.R.H....
Category: Articles
RNLI Lifeguards Undergo Intensive Training
RNLI lifeguards undergo intensive training to ensure they are skilled drivers of PWCs in the form of rescue watercraft (RWCs) Photo: Deborah Johnson. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Salcombe's Eight
Peter Hodges, station honorary secretary and Frank Smith, coxs wain accept the pain ting form Mick Ewins and Don Slade of Ryan Slade Associates. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Fiona
The sailing yacht Fiona, of Glasgow, when | out cruising near Coquet Island on the llth May, missed stays and stranded on the ' Coquet Steel.' A strong W. gale was blowing and the Life-boat Mary Andrew was launched to assist her. The...
A Motor Boat
Donaghadee, Co. Down. — At 12.10, on the afternoon of the 17th of September, 1950, the Bangor coastguard reported that a motor boat was adrift in Donaghadee Sound. Twenty min- utes later the life-boat Sir Samuel Kelly was launched, in...
The American Ship A.Z.
On the 20th October, a large ship was observed to be stranded on the Blackwater Bank, when the Cahore life-boat was again brought into requisition. Before reaching the bank, the ship was observed to have got off and to make sail to the...
Vigilant
ARBROATH, N.B.—At about 8.30 A.M. on the 19th December, the schooner Vigilant, of Dundee, was seen approaching the harbour from the S.W., in a heavy sea and light wind from the S. At about 11 o'clock she was getting close to therocks,...
Fishing Boats
The No. 2 Life-boat was also launched, at about 11.30 A.M. on the 8th August, to the assistance of several fishing boats which had been caught in a gale from the S., and were in great danger while making for Montrose. The Life-boat remained...