The s.s. Fawn, of Liverpool, was seen approaching the mouth of the riverClwyd in a strong gale from the W.S.W., squally weather, and a rough sea on the night of the 31st August. It was afterwards Boticed that she was not making any headway,...
On life-boat day in Manchester and Salford one of the members of the Ladies' Life-boat Guild, a city councillor of Manchester, delivered her collecting boxes, and took her money to the bank, in a baby's pram..
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When he’s not in the middle of an East End drama, lifelong RNLI supporter Steve McFadden heads west for coastal adventure
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TOW FOR MOTOR CRUISER FOUND BY LIGHTVESSEL The Mumbles, Glamorganshire. At 10.5 on the night of the 12th July, 1962, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a red flare had been seen about six miles east-south-east of the Scar...
DECEMBER 7TH. - BOULMER, NORTHUMBERLAND.
At daybreak five motor fishing cobles put out lobster fishing. They had not been away very long when the southerly wind increased and the seas became heavy. Two of the cobles got...
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LIFEBOAT FOR SALE ON662 RNLB Ernest Dresden Self righting (Ruble) class Stations: Courtan 1917-1925 Port Isaac 1927-1933 Relief Fleet Present condition: Empty hull Rounded end boxes in place Cabin top Two holes cut in hull to remove engines...
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Lifeboat volunteers faced an exhausting 12-hour shift when a yachtsman was stranded 50 miles off the coast in appalling weather
It was just before 8am and the start of a blustery August weekend in Castletownbere. Coxswain...
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Margate, Kent.—At about noon on the 10th June, 1939, a yacht was seen by a life-boatman ashore on the Margate Sands. A light S.E. breeze was blowing, the sea was smooth. The motor life-boat Lord Southborough (Civil Service No. 1) was...