Ashore inshore lifeboat Flash floods hit St Ives in mid- November when the Stennack River burst its banks in heavy rain. Six St Ives lifeboatmen were asked by police to search buildings for stranded occupants in the middle of the night. The...
Malcolm Macdonald BEM, coxswain of Stornoway lifeboat from 1952 to 1972. He joined the crew in 1935 and served as second coxswain from 1946 until his appointment as coxswain. He was awarded a Bronze medal in 1952, a Silver medal in 1962 and...
Category: Obituaries
Arranmore, Co. Donegal - At 6.30 p.m. on 2nd February, 1970, the local doctor told the honorary secretary that a man on Innisbofin island was seriously ill and required hospital treatment on the mainland.
The life-boat...
Twelve Hours in a Whole Gale.
ON August 22nd the Clacton Motor Life-boat was out for over twelve hours in a whole gale with a very heavy sea, and went to the help of two vessels.
The first was a small...
TANKER REFLOATED WITH HELP OF LIFE-BOAT Newhaven, Sussex. At 4.20 on the morning of the 16th May, 1962, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a small vessel was aground between Birling Gap and Belle Toute.
At...
CHILD AMONG FOUR RESCUED FROM YACHT Hoylake, Cheshire. Around 11.20 on the morning of the 30th July, 1962, a number of reports were received stating that a yacht had sunk off Sandhey slipway and that her crew were in the...
Holyhead, Anglesey - At 12.25 a.m.
on 24th August, 1969, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a yacht was aground on the breakwater head. The life-boat St. Cybi {Civil Service No. 9) slipped her moorings at 1...
Walton and Frinton, Essex. At 4.27 on the morning of the 12th of July, 1959, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a message had been intercepted from an unknown vessel, stating : " Collision one mile Rough Tower." As...
WEXFORD.— The yawl Gannet, of Wexford, showed signals of distress, having grounded close to the stones of the north embankment in a strong gale from W. to W.N.W., with heavy squalls and a moderate sea, on the 3rd...
Stromness, Orkney.—A southerly gale sprang up on the 8th September, and as a small motor fishing boat did not return home when expected, some anxiety was felt for her safety. Messengers went to Yesnaby and Skaill, but the boat was not...