TWO MEN FROM LONGSHORE BOAT LANDED Lowestoft, Suffolk. At 2.28 on the afternoon of the 22nd January, 1962, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the Lowestoft trawler Unda had picked up two men from the longshore boat Dulcie...
Steve Atkinson (pictured above) has been equally willing in his training. A tractor driver at New Quay lifeboat station, Cardiganshire, he moved to Burnham for work and was accepted as a lifeboat shore helper in 2003. However, when he... - View image in PDF
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IN September the Institution received an anonymous gift of £10,000 from a member of the Royal Thames Yacht Club. The gift was made, in the words of the donor, "in admiration of the magnificent work of the Institution" and as...
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HARWICH.—At 6 P.M. on the 25th April, it was reported that a schooner was ashore on the Cork Sand. The Life-boat Springwell was immediately launched, and arrived at the Sand at about 8 P.M. The stranded vessel proved to be the Henrietta, of...
On January 14th the Coastguard reported what appeared to them to be the sudden disappearance of a small yacht off the Skerries Bell Buoy. The time was then 5.35 P.M., and the Motor Life-boat George Shee put out.
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On the 23rd February, the ship Omega, of Newcastle, was stranded on the Cockle Sand, on the Norfolk coast, during a gale of wind. She afterwards drifted, and sankabout fourteen miles S.E. of Lowestoft.
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At 10.30 A.M. on the 23rd February a Coastguard reported that a vessel was dismasted about three miles east of Mevagissey, with a signal of distress hoisted in her rigging. A moderate S.E. gale was blowing at the time with a rough sea.<...
TRAWLER GROUNDED Howth, Co. Dublin. At 6.21 a.m. on 23rd March, 1965, the Baily lighthouse keeper informed the honorary secretary that the 60 foot trawler Xmas Morn of Howth had grounded on Skerries Island inside Rockabill. At 6.50 the...
Mrs. Elizabeth Jessop and her 12-year-old daughter Penelope being landed by the Walmer IRB on 3rd September, 1967, after getting into difficulties while sailing.. - View image in PDF
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ESCORT FOR COBLE IN TOW Sunderland, Co. Durham. At 5.35 on the evening of the 13th August, 1962, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a small boat had broken down half a mile north-east of Roker pier and that her crew were...