Lifeboat crew member Frank Dunster (left) who took his own rigid inflatable to the casualty and Roderick James (right) helmsman of the Hayling Island Atlantic 21.. - View image in PDF
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SEPTEMBER 12TH - 14TH. - WALMER, KENT. At 2.8 in the afternoon the Deal coastguard telephoned that a ship was in danger of going aground on the Goodwins. A light south-east wind was blowing, but the sea was smooth. The motor life-boat...
Present arms! Father Christmas is about to open his sack for the 100 children who were at Penrith ladies' lifeboat guild's annual Christmas party. There were games, a home made tea provided by the committee and then Willane, the... - View image in PDF
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Nov. 1ST. - STROMNESS, ORKNEYS. At 10.40 P.M. a message was received from the Kirkwall coastguard that a vessel was ashore at North Ronaldshay, sixty miles away. A fresh south-easterly wind was blowing, with a rough sea. At 11.15 P.M. the...
JULY 15TH. - GREAT YARMOUTH AND GORLESTON, NORFOLK. At about 6 P.M.
a message was received from the naval authorities at Great Yarmouth that a destroyer, H.M.S. Valorous, was approaching the roadstead. On board were...
St. Mary's, Scilly.—The motor lifeboat Cunard was launched at 3.50 P.M.
on the 26th July, as the Bishop Rock lighthouse was making flag and rocket signals, but, owing to the misty weather, the flags could not be read. A...
Arranmore, Co. Donegal. During the afternoon of the 22nd of October, 1960, the honorary secretary was informed that the Greek vessel Argo Delos was aground on Inishtrahull Island.
The life-boat W. M. Tilson put out at 4.30....
Mallaig lifeboat crew endured a 10-hour shout in horrendous conditions to save the 1,300-tonne coaster Red Duchess off the Isle of Rum, a small island of the Inner Hebrides, on 2 November.
Coxswain Michael Ian Currie says:...
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JANUARY 20TH. - DUN LAOGHAIRE, CO. DUBLIN. While bound for Dublin laden with coal the S.S. Saint Kenneth. of Dublin. sprang a leak. but succeeded in reaching Dun Laoghaire Harbour on the night of the 19th January. While she was being beached...
Tenby, Pembrokeshire. At 11.15 on the night of the 15th of July, 1958, the honorary secretary received a message that a man had fallen down a cliffside and was lying injured on Skrinkle beach. At 11.30 the life-boat C.D.E.C., on temporary...