Swanage, Dorset - At 3.51 p.m. on 7th July, 1969, the coastguard reported that a sailing dinghy had capsized in Swanage bay. The lifeboat R.L.P. was launched at 4.2 in a fresh north westerly wind with a choppy sea. The tide was flooding.<...
NORTH DEAL. — Signal rockets and guns having been fired by the Gull Light-vessel while a whole gale from the S.W. was blowing, accompanied by a very heavy sea, on the 11th February, the Life-boat Mary Somerville was launched at about 10.15 P...
'Tis a stormy night, and the wild winds roar, The waves roll mountains high, And the Life-boat crew are called to the shore.
For a ship to the rocks is nigh. : Not a moment waver our heroes bold, As their boat they...
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Whitby, Yorkshire.—At 4 A.M. on the 22nd April eight motor fishing boats went to sea in calm weather. Later on the wind rose considerably from the N.E., bringing a strong sea, accompanied by heavy showers of snow. As the harbour entrance...
On the 16th January, the schooner Rook, of Liverpool, in making the Harbour of Dundalk, struck on the North Bull shoal, near the bar of the river. The Dnndalk life-boat was quickly launched, and proceeded to her aid, putting a portion of the...
Sunderland, Co. Durham. — At 3.30 P.M. on the 17th August, 1938, the deputy dockmaster telephoned to the life-boat coxswain that a small boat was in distress. A N.W. gale was blowing, with a choppy sea. The motor life-boat Edward and...
Miss MARGARET POWER, of Mount Royal, Old Common, Cobham, Surrey, honorary secretary of the Cobham branch, proposes to form a stamp club in order to sell foreign postage stamps for the benefit of the Institution. She would be very glad to...
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Stromness, Orkneys.—At 8.55 on the evening of the 19th of September, 1956, a message was received that a man had heard on his wireless that the' motor vessel Achieve needed help as she was ashore in Hoy Sound. At 9.20 the life-boat...
Tow the goat ashore! Tiffany, Timothy, Chocolate Drop, Snuffles and Gem were five goats who had got quite used to their lonely existence on the isle of Inchkeith in the Forth estuary.
When the Allandale Animal Sanctuary...
Shortly before 11 P.M. on the 18th May it was reported that a vessel was showing signals of distress on the north side of the harbour. The Life-boat Civil Service No. 5 was launched and proceeded to her assistance. The weather was very...