Walton and Frinton, Essex. At 11.50 on the morning of the 15th of August, 1960, the coastguard passed on to the honorary secretary a report from the Galloper lightvessel that the yacht Julia, bound from Rotterdam to Harwich, was alongside...
Members of Jersey Lifeboat Guild, pictured with the St.
Catherine's C class lifeboat. The ladies of the Jersey guild have been running a souvenir stall at the station throughout the summer and were photographed by a... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
October 2oth was the centenary of Grace Darling's death, and a memorial service was held in the church at Bamburgh. Among the wreaths laid on the grave was one from the Institution. The B.B.C. made a record of the service to be broadcast...
Category: Articles
The Life-boat returned to her station at 1.30 A.M., and at 7 P.M. was again towed out by the steamer and rescued the crow of four men from the smack Daisy, of Ramsgate, which, in trying to enter the harbour at low water, took the ground and...
November, 1901. B. AND BE.
The 35th Annual Meeting of the Committee of the Fund was held on the 17th ultimo, and was presided over by Sir RALPH H. KNOX, K.C.B. Mr. CHARLES DIBDIN, the honorary secretary, reported that,...
Category: Meetings
Ballycotton, Co. Cork.—At 10.40 on the night of the 9th of July, 1953, the head lightkeeper at the Power Head fog station rang up to say that he had seen a motor fishing boat burn flares half a mile east of Power Head. At 10.45 the life-boat...
Donaghadee, Co. Down.—At 8.10 in the morning of the 15th of September, 1948, the police telephoned that a vessel was firing distress signals about one mile off Bangor, and at 8.55 the motor life-boat Civil Service No. 5 was launched. A...
Fox. Vellum service certificates have been presented to Crew Members Christopher E. Fox and David Wainwright.
Western Division On the bar THE SERVICE BY FWLLHELi lifeboat and Criccieth ILB to the yacht Zircon during the...
Category: Services
Struck wreck WARDEN POINT COASTGUARD informed the deputy launching authority of Sheerness lifeboat station at 2046 on Saturday December 30, 1978, that a red flare had been sighted in Gillingham Reach. Maroons were fired at 2049 and at 2106...
Minehead, Somerset, and Life-boat 70-001 at Clovelly-At 12.50 a.m. on 24th September, 1967, it was learnt that a youth had taken out a yacht which was now drifting out to sea. The life-boat B.H.M.H. was launched at 1.12 in a light variable...