IN 1948 Mr. Paul Rotha made for the Institution a twenty-minute film, with music and a running commentary, which was to show the Life-boat Service from the point of view of the fishermen from whom its crews are drawn. It was taken at...
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Salcombe, Devon.—At 8.45 in the evening on the 3rd of August, 1950, a report from Dartmouth announced a small yacht in difficulties six miles south-south-west of Prawle Point.
There was an injured man aboard! Fifteen...
The motor Life-boat J. McGonnel Hussey was launched shortly after noon on the 9th May, and saved the pilot coble Eva, of Sunderland, and her occupant.
Information was received that the coble was in distress about two and a...
AT 5.2.3 on the afternoon of the 26th of July, 1954, a man at Aberdovey telephoned the Aberystwyth, Cardi- ganshire, life-boat station to say that a fishing vessel was in difficulties between Towyn and Aberdovey. Immediately afterwards the...
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APRIL 22ND. - RAMSGATE, KENT. At 2.10 P.M. a message was received from the naval base that a vessel was sinking south of Gull Buoy. A gentle E.N.E. breeze was blowing, with a slight sea. At 2.20 P.M. the motor life-boat Prudential was...
Holyhead, Anglesey.—At 1.22 in the morning of 9th April, 1939, the coastguard reported that the 7,000-tons s.s.
Hilary, of Liverpool, was ashore at Carmel Head. She was homeward bound from Brazil to Liverpool with general...
.—6th October. A large steamer grounded on the Hais- borough Sands, but got oft unaided and went on her way.—Rewards, £26 4s. 6d..
About eight o'clock on the evening of 8th December, 1962, the trawler Boston Heron ran aground at Stilamair, an uninhabited island south-west of Scalpay in the Little Minch. A south- south-westerly gale was blowing, gusting to force 9,...
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ALDEBURGH and HARWICH.—In response to a message received by telephone, the Life-boat Aldeburgh was launched at 5.30 A.M. in a whole gale from N.E. and a terrific sea, with very heavy rain and snow squalls, and saved the crew of three men...