Arklow, Co. W'icklow.—About three o'clock on the afternoon of the 1st of March, 1953, four boys walking on the beach near Arklow Rock heard shouts through dense fog from a vessel ashore.
The vessel was asking for a...
Humber, Yorkshire. At 2.47 on the morning of the 1st of November, 1960, the coastguard informed the coxswain superintendent that red flares had been seen near the Bull lightvessel. A strong east-south-easterly wind was blowing, and the sea...
During the night of 18/19 March 1988 a 25ft Jaguar class yacht, on passage from Ramsgate to Gillingham ran aground in strong winds, fog and driving rain at Jury's Gap, Camber.
Rye's C class inflatable The Lewes... - View image in PDF
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The fundraising 'bathing belles' from the Co-op with representatives of Bridlington lifeboat station Photo: Prospect photographic agency. - View image in PDF
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FEBRUARY 9TH . - ABERDEEN. On returning to port at 6.12 P.M. the motor yawl Olive reported that she had spent an hour searching for the motor yawl Lily, of Aberdeen, which had been last seen disabled off the mouth of the River Don. A light S...
Three members of Eyemouth Lifeboat Station represented the RNLI at the Annual National Service for Seafarers held at the end of 2015 at St Paul’s Cathedral, London. Each year, the RNLI nominates a different regional division to attend and...
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A fear- ful gale was experienced on this coast on the 30th September, 1871. In the midst of the storm an Italian barque, the Three Sisters, became a complete wreck, attended with an agonizing and consider- able loss of life. After a most...