During the afternoon of the llth April, the brigan- tine Mary Annie, of Folkestone, stranded on the sands to the westward of the Cockle Light-vessel, and a yawl put off to her assistance. On reaching the vessel the men in the yawl found that...
Clacton-on-Sea, Essex.—On the 2nd June, 1938, the crew of seven of the German yacht Das Wappen von Bremen, were rescued by the life-boat.—Rewards: Vellum and monetary awards amounting to £20 10*. 2d., together with a letter to the Board...
LIFE-BOATS USED BECAUSE ROADS WERE BLOCKED Lerwick, Shetlands.—Just after 10.0 in the morning of February 27th, 1947, when all roads were completely blocked by snow, information was received from the Gilbert Bain Hospital that a girl...
DEC. 13TH. - BLYTH, AND TYNEMOUTH, NORTHUMBERLAND, AND SUNDERLAND, DURHAM. An Admiralty drifter had been blown up by enemy action, but Blyth life-boat could find no survivors.
She was then directed to a position where...
The Humber, Yorkshire. At seven o'clock on the evening of the 20th November, 1961, the coastguard in- formed the coxswain superintendent that a cargo vessel and a trawler had been in collision and that the skipper of the trawler needed...
Let this uplifting melody inspire you Inscribed inside the lid is a message that lasts a lifetime for a daughter mother sister friend gratiddaugh ter grandmother 7 Sculptural porcelain butterfly with shimmering gold accents graces the lid...
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Arranmore, Co. Donegal. At 5.45 on the morning of the 18th November, 1961, a man living in Burtonport told the honorary secretary that a fishing boat had grounded in Arran roads.
The life-boat W. M. Tilson left her moorings...
On the morn- ing of the 26th February the honorary secretary received a telephone message from the coastguard on watch at Cloughey that a small coasting steamer was aground on the rocks about four hundred yards east of Ballyquinton Point....
Yarmouth, Isle of Wight. At 1.15 on the afternoon of the 16th of June, 1959, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a small sailing dinghy had capsized one mile south of Milford-on- Sea. Two of her crew had swum ashore and two...
RNLB Foresters Future, the 33ft Brede lifeboat stationed at Alderney for 12 months station evaluation trials, was named on July 19 at the RNLI Poole depot quay during Poole Open Days by Mrs Renee Roddie. After a demonstration trip, Mrs... - View image in PDF
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