MARCH 15TH. - PETERHEAD, ABERDEENSHIRE.
At 9.30 A.M. the coastguard reported a vessel ashore on outer Scotstoun Head, and the motor life-boat John Russell, on temporary duty at the station, was launched at 9.55 A.M. A...
At 8.58 a.m. on ist August, 1966, it was felt that, in view of the deteriorating weather conditions, a small yacht was likely to find herself in difficulties in Rye bay. The life-boat crew assembled and stood by. At the request of the...
When the brigantine Adelaide, of Fowey, with a cargo of coal for Par, was anchored in ParBayonthe nightof the 12thFebruary a S.S.W. gale sprang up. The vessel dragged her anchors, losing one and finally bringing up in shallow water, close...
Above -International Lifeboat Federation representatives from 27 countries joined by HRH The Duke of Kent, William O'Neil, Secretary General of the International Maritime Organisation; RNLI Chairman David Acland and Director Andrew... - View image in PDF
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Exmouth and Torbay, South Devon.— At 4.40 on the afternoon of the 15th of August, 1956, the Brixham coastguard rang up to say that the Devon County Constabulary had reported that two children who had gone out from Dawlish in a small boat had...
Southend-on-Sea, Essex.—At 6.30 on the evening of the 1st of September, 1956, the coastguard telephoned that a flare had been seen off Grain Spit.
At 6.45 the life-boat Greater London II (Civil Service No. 30) was...
Cromer, Norfolk.—On the 9th October, 1939, the No. 1 motor life-boat H. F. Bailey rescued the crew of twentynine of the Greek steamer Mount Ida, of Piraeus, which had grounded on the Ower Bank. The No. 2 motor life-boat Harriot Dixon was...
Let's campaign to improve safety at sea! As an RNLI member, I was interested to read the Director's message in the Winter issue of THE LIFEBOAT and the Newspoint on page 147 suggesting that the RNLI is at last looking at ways to...
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Peterhead, Aberdeenshire. At 9.10 on the evening of the 13th of September, 1960, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that red flares had been observed off Buchan Ness. The life-boat Julia Park Barry of Glasgow left her moorings at...
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