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Bembridge, Isle of Wight.—At two in the afternoon of the 4th of Novem- ber, 1951, the Foreland coastguard telephoned that a small sailing boat making for Bembridge was in distress off Seaview and at 2.15 the life-boat Jesse Lumb was launched...
Two Chances
Walton and Frinton, Essex. At 9.34 a.m. on 3rd July, 1965, the honorary secretary heard that the Barrow Deep lightvessel had reported a yacht aground and lying on her side on the Sunk Sands.
Weather conditions did not...
Madeline Rickmers (2)
RAMSGATE,NORTH DEAL AND WALMER In response to signals fired by the North Sand Head and Gull Light-vessels, the Life-boats Bradford, of Ramsgate, Mary Sommerville, stationed at North Deal, and Civil Service No. 4, of Walmer, were launched on...
Manzoni
OC T . 2 8 T H . - WALMER, KENT. At 7.55 P.M. the Deal coastguard reported that two steamers had been in collision near the Fork Buoy. A strong squally N.N.E. wind was blowing, with a rough sea. The motor life-boat Charles Dibdin (Civil...
Janie
The schooner Janie, i of Padstow, whilst bound from Llanelly to London, stranded during moderate weather on the 23rd February on the north-west part of the Tongue sand.
In response to signals from light- vessels the No. 1...
Sir Godfrey Baring, Bt., K.B.E.
SIR GODFREY BARING, who retired from the Committee of Management in 1956 after having served on the Committee for forty-five years and having been the Committee's Chairman for thirty-three years, died on the 24th of November, 1957. Sir...
Category: Obituaries
A Seahawk Aircraft (1)
Buckle, Whitehills, Banffshire; and Cromarty, Cromartyshire. —• At one o'clock on the morning of the 5th of September, 1956, the Peterhead coastguard telephoned that a Sea- hawk aircraft wras missing on a flight from Lossiemouth. The...
Two Yachts and a Guard Boat
THREE LIFE-BOAT CALLS IN ONE AFTERNOON Llandudno, Caernarvonshire. At 1.45 on the afternoon of Saturday the 7th September, 1963, the life-boat Annie Ronald and Isabella Forrest was prepar- ing to launch on exercise in aid of the R.A.F.'s...
Bernard Byrne Comes of a Traditional Lifeboat Family and Like His Uncle Philip In Former Years Is Coxswain of Arranmore Lifeboat
Bernard Byrne comes of a traditional lifeboat family and, like his uncle, Philip, in former years, is coxswain of Arranmore lifeboat.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
H.M. Trawler Resolvo
BRONZE MEDAL SERVICE AT GREAT YARMOUTH AND GORLESTON Dec. 2ND. - GREAT YARMOUTH AND GORLESTON, NORFOLK.
At 12.14 in the morning a message from the coastguard reached the lifeboat station of Great Yarmouth and Gorleston that...