JANUARY 18TH. - PETERHEAD, ABERDEENSHIRE.
An easterly gale was blowing with a heavy sea, and at 2.20 P.M. the coastguard reported that some small fishing boats were still at sea. The motor life-boat Julia Park Barry of...
WALTON AND FRINTON, ESSEX On the 21st December, 1945, the Walton and Frinton life-boat rescued the crew of five naval ratings of the motor fishing vessel No. 96, and the crew of six naval ratings of the motor fishing vessel No. 611.
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An RNLI coxswain must be brave but what else does it take to inspire the confidence and trust of a modern-day crew?
On 9 July 2010, Mike Lawrence was not only in charge of Calshot’s Tyne class Alexander Coutanche but also...
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AUGUST 11TH. - FLAMBOROUGH, YORKSHIRE. At about 9.30 in the morning a message was sent to the coxswain that the weather was very bad and that several fishing cobles were out. He went to the station and found that most of the fishing boats...
DECEMBER 27TH. - SOUTHEND - ON - SEA, ESSEX. At 3 P.M. a message was received from the coastguard that a ship was sinking near the boom defence, and at 3.25 P.M. the motor life-boat Greater London (Civil Service No. 3) was launched. A light...
DECEMBER 22ND. - NEW BRIGHTON, CHESHIRE. The No. 2 life-boat Edmund and Mary Robinson was launched at 5.40 P.M. as information had been received that a vessel was in distress near C.11 Black Buoy.
A light easterly breeze...
Stromness, Orkneys.—At 9.3 on the night of the 8th of January, 1949, the Kirkwall coastguard telephoned that the engine of the outward bound Hull trawler Cramond Isle had broken down, that the trawler was leaking badly, and that, although...
Name of Donor or Testator. The late Mr. George Wooflndin
Amount of Gift or Legacy. 630
Date received. 1895
Object. For a George Woofndin Life-boat
How carried out....
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