CRESSWELL, NORTHUMBERLAND.—A flare was observed by a fisherman at about 4.30 A.M. on the llth January, apparently caused by burning tar-barrels on board a vessel on the rocks at Nabb Point. The weather at the time was foggy, the windwas...
The Italian steamer Monte Neoo$o on the Haisboro* Sands, with the Cromer Motor Life-boat standing by, and on the right a tug (see page 565).. - View image in PDF
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ADVENTURE AT SEA Yarmouth, Isle of Wight. At 3.18 p.m. on zyth November, 1963, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a boat had been called out from Mudeford under the inshore rescue scheme to the help of another boat firing...
Dungeness, Kent.—At 5.23 on the afternoon of the 12th of September, 1956, the Rye police reported that there was a young girl in the sea off Camber. At 5.35 the life-boat Charles Cooper Henderson was launched. The sea was choppy, there was a...
Four of the new 48ft. lifeboats for the R.N.L.I. are being built by Camper & Nicholsons Ltd The R.N.L.I. must have the best.
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Recovery: The tractor's winch cable is attached to the lifeboat as shore helpers wait in the shallows with their skids ready to lay in the boat's path.. - View image in PDF
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The naming ceremony for the new D class lifeboat was held outside the inshore boathouse despite overcast conditions and the forecast of heavy rain.. - View image in PDF
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Clovelly, Devon. At 9.20 on the morning of the 6th of June, 1959, the honorary secretary was informed that a small sailing boat, which had beet under observation since 6.30 but had made no distress signals, was drifting off Clovelly. The...
Ten hour service to disabled fishing vessel in gale force winds The coxswains of both the Penlee and Sennen Cove lifeboats, Neil Brockman and Terry George, have been awarded the Institution's Bronze medal following a joint service to a...
Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumber- land.—At 5.39 on the afternoon of the 18th of June, 1957, the Spittal police telephoned that a twelve-year- old girl was in difficulty while bathing off Spittal beach. Ten minutes later the life-boat William...