BRONZE MEDAL SERVICE AT THE MUMBLES JANUARY 20TH. - THE MUMBLES, GLAMORGANSHIRE. Just beforeseven o’clock in the morning signals of distress in Swansea Bay could be seen from The Mumbles, and the motor life-boat Edward Prince of Wales was...
The schooner -B. B., of Bayonne, had anchored in Clo- velly Eoads on the 19th December, and it was ascertained that she was partially dis- abled from loss of sails, spars, and both boats. On the following morning, in a very severe gale from...
SCARBOROUGH.—At 6.30 P.M., on the 7th February, the fishing smack Young Alice, of Scarborough, was endeavouring to enter the harbour during a S.S.E. wind and a very heavy sea, but not having sufficient canvas set she was driven on the beach....
Clacton-on-Sea, Essex.—At 11.32 on the morning of the 20th of February, 1955, the coastguard telephoned that the trawler Denise Germaine, of Zee- brugge, had been wrecked on the Long Sandbank, west-by-north of the Barrow Deep lightvessel....
THE Queen's Commendation for Brave Conduct has been awarded posthumously to Joseph Bell; Stanley Graham; John Joseph Johnstone; and Alexander Black Ramsay.
The attempted rescue in which these four men, who were...
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ILBs SAVE 26 ON 7th August, 1971, when a local yacht club was holding a regatta, comprising 126 yachts, the wind was south south west force 4 to 5.
Then, at 12.35 p.m., the whole area was suddenly hit by a heavy squall and...
All inquiries concerning YLA matters should be addressed to: Mr. Alasdair Garrett, Secretary, Yachtsmen's Life-boat Supporters' Association, 29a Castle Street, Salisbury, Wiltshire, SP1 ITT.
(Tel.: 0722-6966).RALLY...
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Troon, Ayrshire - At 9.30 p.m. on 22nd March, 1967, a message was received that blood plasma was urgently required at Lamlash. The life-boat James and Barbara Aitken, with the plasma aboard, slipped her moorings at 10.6 in a strong westerly...
IN the past year H.M. Coastguard has taken part in about 750 incidents round the coasts of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Some were dangerous and spectacular, others were minor cliff rescues. They ranged from the recovery of a St....
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Droughty Ferry, Angus - At 12.20 p.m. on 3ist March, 1966, the coxswain saw a canoe with two persons on board being swept downstream. At 12.30 the IRB launched in a gentle north westerly breeze and slight sea. The tide was...