Signals of distress were shown by the barque Mitford, of and for Newcastle, from Goole in ballast, during a strong N.E, gale and a heavy sea on the 3rd February. The Life-boat Manchester Unity was launched at 10.30 P.M., but the vessel...
Early on the morning of the 2nd of January, 1956, the motor vessel Citrine, of Glasgow, sank off the Cornish coast. The Lizard life-boat rescued three of her crew from the sea, and the Coverack life-boat rescued four others from the sea, one...
In February, 1964, it was decided to award a certificate annually to the writer of what is in the Institution's opinion the best factual newspaper account of a service by a life-boat.
The Institution carefully studied...
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The Lizard—Cadgwith, Cornwall - At 1.47 p.m. on 16th April, 1969, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a skin diver was in difficulties off the Lizard outer rocks and was drifting away from his dinghy.
The...
At 3 o'clock in the afternoon of the 25th August, two youths, aged 15 and 14 respec- tively, took a boat from her moorings in the harbour and proceeded out to sea.
OH getting clear of the harbour, it was noticed by...
The Mumbles, Glamorganshire. At 8.5 p.m. on gth January, 1966, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a small motor boat had anchored about half a mile off shore, just east of Swansea harbour breakwater, with her engine broken...
APRIL 17TH. - DOUGLAS, AND RAMSEY, ISLE OF MAN. At 5 P.M.. a message was received at Ramsey from the coastguard that an aeroplane had sighted a vessel showing distress signals about five miles to the southeast of Ramsey, and at 5.40 the...
ARKLOW.—The Life-boat Out Pensioner put off at 10 A.M. on the 12th March to the assistance of the schooner Fanny, of and from Liverpool, bound for Africa with a general cargo, which was at anchor near the Porters Rocks, and striking the...
THREE motor life-boats have been built at Cowes, under the supervision of the Institution, for the Belgian Life-boat Service, which is maintained by the Ministry of Communications. All thre.e are Watson cabin boats, 46 feet 9 inches long, ...
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For their work - the story of the rescue attempts that night took up over four pages of THE LIFE-BOAT for November, 1927 - a total of 38 medals and vellums were given together with medals from the Italian government of the...
Category: Medals