On the 14th March, during smooth but hazy weather, signals of distress were heard from a vessel. The No. 1 Life-boat Mark Lane was launched and was tracked by the crew to the end of the North Pier where she was picked up by a tug and towed...
At 5 A.M. on the 6th December the Coastguard reported that a steamer was making flares for assistance to the north of the Light- house. The crew of the Life-boat were immediately assembled and the boat launched. The steamer proved to be the...
On the day that Murks and Spencer opened up its new first floor sti/es area in Pottle, a cheque for £10,000 was handed over to the RNLI and the store also helped faithful customer Mrs Lucy Baker celebrate her y/.v/ birlhdav. The company... - View image in PDF
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FISHGUARD, PEMBROKESHIRE.—During a moderate N.N.E. gale and a heavy sea on the 2nd Feb., 1903, signals of distress were observed on the schooner Mary Roberts, of Carnarvon, which was lying in the roads. Rockets to assemble the crew were at...
On the night of the 23rd December the steam trawler Drumblair, of Aberdeen, bound to Lerwick for repairs, moored at Fish- market, Lerwick. Early next morning a whole S.W. gale sprang up, bringing a rough sea, and the trawler broke adrift and...
Tynemouth, Northumberland. — At 8.50 A.M. on the 20th December, 1937, the coastguard reported a vessel ashore in the harbour entrance. A light east breeze was blowing, with a heavy swell, and the weather was very cold, with dense fog. The...
Wick, Caithness-shire.—At 3.19 P.M.
on the 3rd July, 1938, the coastguard reported that a herring drifter had gone ashore on Proudfoot Rock, on the north side of Wick Bay. She was the Sailor King, of Lowestoft, bound for...
Cromer, Norfolk.—At 12.30 on the afternoon of the 15th of October, 1954, the coastguard rang up to say that a local crab boat was showing a red flag on an oar two and a half miles east-by-north of the coastguard...
Appledore, Devon.—At 1.5 on the afternoon of the 6th of December, 1954, the coxswain reported that the barges Julia Pile and Nellie Ann, of Barnstaple, which each had a crew of two, had got into difficulties off Crow Point while collecting...
Howth, Dublin.—At three o'clock on the afternoon of the 10th of March, 1956, the Civic Guard at Skerries reported that a lobster boat from Rush was in difficultues about three miles off shore between Rush and Lambay. At 3.30 the...