Port Erin, Isle of Man. At 5.30 on the morning of 19th April, 1961, the coastguard informed the honorary sec- retary that the Dutch motor vessel Tuskar of Groningen was being aban- doned by her crew in a position 15 miles south-west of...
Tenby, Pembrokeshire. At 3.45 on the afternoon of the 8th August, 1961, the coastguard informed the honorarysecretary that a boy was trapped in a cave at Point Giltar. There was a strong south-westerly wind with a moderate sea and a heavy...
Walmer, Kent. At 1.15 on the after- noon of the 3rd September, 1961, the coastguard passed on to the honorarysecretary a report that a sailing yacht with a number of people on board was aground on the rocks near the Royal Marines rifle range...
TWO LIFE-BOATS PUT OUT TO BELGIAN TRAWLER On the llth January, 1962, the Margate and Ramsgate life-boats put out to the help of the Belgian trawler Vert Rouwen, which had lost both her anchors in a gale. A full account of this service...
EACH YEAR since 1905, except in wartime, the annual National Service for Seafarers has been held in St Paul's Cathedral, in the City of London, to celebrate the unity of calling of all those who use the sea. At the 1981 service, held on...
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Yarmouth, Isle of Wight, and Poole: While on passage from Guernsey to Portsmouth on Thursday August 19, 1982, the 30ft ferro-concrete gaff sloop Fairweather Father broke her rudder 18 miles south west by south of the Needles Lighthouse. A...
The Prime Minister of the Republic of Ireland, Mr Charles Haughey (right) with Mrs Maureen Haughey and RNLI Chairman Mr Michael Vernon at the naming ceremony of the Arun class lifeboat Hibernia at Howth.
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Engine failure THERE WAS A northerly near gale, force 7, blowing and a rough sea when the relief 47ft Watson class lifeboat, T.G.B., on temporary duty at Lowestoft, left her mooring at 1832 on the evening of Friday October 5, 1984. She was...
Whitby: 1235 on Tuesday March 19, 1985. A party of 27 school children with three teachers were reported by a member of the public to be cut off by the tide at Jump Down Bight, 250 yards east of Whitby. Both the relief 44ft Waveney class... - View image in PDF
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