Selsey, Sussex - At 10.34 a.m. on 8th October, 1967, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a motor cruiser was aground on Kirk Arrow shoal, half a mile south of Selsey Bill. It was hoped she would refloat unassisted but at...
Kirkcudbright.—Early in the morning of the 31st July the Isle of Whithorn coastguard reported that a small yacht, anchored in Whithorn bay, was in a dangerous position, owing to a change in the direction of the wind. A moderate S.W. gale was...
Rhyl, Flintshire.—At 5.55 on the even- ing of the 4th of August, 1953, the coastguard rang up to say that a motor launch was flying distress signals off the Point of Air lighthouse, and at 6.30 the life-boat Anthony Robert Marshall was...
Lowestoft, Suffolk. At 9.5 on the evening of the 6th of September, 1959, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that two men were burning red flares from a small boat two miles north of Lowestoft harbour. At 9.15 the life-boat...
Life-boat 70-002 - Bristol Channel - At 1.35 p.m. on 7th May, 1967, a member of the crew of the life-boat Grace Paterson Ritchie lying at anchor off Ilfracombe saw a red flare at the east end of Ilfracombe bay. There was a moderate westerly...
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Proudfoot, on temporary duty at the station, returned at 4.40 in the afternoon, after towing the boat Harriett into...
SOUTHWOLD.—The fishing-punt Mary Ann was observed making for the shore in a moderate gale from S. by E., on the 16th January. As it was impossible for the boat to cross the shoal in safety, the Life-boat Quiver No. 2, went to her assistance,...
An account of the rescue of part of the crew of the schooner Mexico on the 20th— 23rd February, 1914, when the Life- boat was wrecked, appears on page 144 of the May LIFE-BOAT JOURNAL..
Near left. D class inflatables, and the smaller Y class carried aboard the 52ft and 54ft Arun class, in the workshops.Inset. Fitters work on the 40hp Mariner outboards for the D class boats in the outboard workshop.. - View image in PDF
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