Rosslare Harbour, Co. Wexford. At 10.40 on the morning of the 12th August, 1961, the Inspector of Irish Lights told the honorary secretary that there was a sick man on board the Barrell's lightvessel who needed to be landed. As no...
TOW FOR TUG AFTER ENGINE BREAKS DOWN Sennen Cove, Cornwall. At 9.35 on the morning of the 4th August, 1962, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the tug Sally of Rochester, which had a crew of two and was bound for Swansea,...
FULL GALE BLOWING Fenit, Co. Kerry. At 8.10 a.m. on 4th March, 1965, the master of the motor vessel Isborg of Reykjavik radioed that he required a pilot. The vessel was in Ballyheigue bay in a very dangerous position half a mile from the...
OCT. 3RD. - WALTON AND FRINTON, ESSEX, At about 4 P.M. the coastguard reported that a motor yacht, lying about two miles S.W. by S. of Walton Pier, was flying distress signals. A moderate easterly gale was blowing, and the sea was very rough...
MAY 24TH. - SHERINGHAM, NORFOLK.
At 7.40 in the morning the life-boat’s assistant motor-mechanic telephoned the honorary secretary of the life-boat station that the sea was getting rough and several local fishing boats were...
AUGUST 28TH. - WALMER, KENT. At 6.30 in the evening, a steamer was seen to be in danger of running ashore and the life-boat coxswain put out in a shore boat to investigate.
A strong south-westerly breeze was blowing and the...
ON the morning of 10th October, 1935, the barge British Oak, of Roches- ter, was running for Ramsgate. She was bound from Goole to Hayling Island, with a crew of two men and a cargo of coal, and had been wind-bound off Deal for several days....
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More views of RNLI lifeboat stations from the air.
North Berwick-Scotland Division Perched on the promentary at the very end of the Firth of Forth (seen stretching away in to the distance) North Berwick can be a rough place...
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the fish- ing fleet of cobles were at sea on the morning of the 16th March a gale of wind suddenly sprang up from the north and backed into the north-east.
The boats at once made for the harbour, but some of them being to...
On the evening of 20th February the Coxswain was in- formed by telephone from the Coast- guard Lookout that lights had been seen at sea. A few minutes later more lights and a rocket were seen in the direction of the Tongue Sand, and the...