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TENBY | 9 APRIL
Tenby all-weather lifeboat crew raced to the aid of a 14-year-old girl, who had fallen on rocks at Barafundle Beach. Suffering suspected back and neck injuries, including a broken...
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The Arklow Lightvessel
Arklow, Co. Wicklow. At 8.45 on the morning of the 6th of October, 1957, a message was received from the Irish Lights Office that a member of the crew of the Arklow lightvessel had been taken ill. At 9.10 the life-boat Inbhear Mor was...
Brumby
Swanage, Dorset. At 5.42 p.m. on 2nd May, 1965, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the yacht Brumby was sending a Mayday message that she was ashore in Studland Bay. The life-boat R.L.P. was launched at six o'clock in a...
The Whaley Bridge Branch
The Whaley Bridge branch committee members and their spouses await the arrival of 500 local people who, over the last 12 years, have supported their annual ploughman's lunch held in the barn and grounds of Mrs A Leonard, the branch... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Cornucopia
Caister, Norfolk.—About 5.15 on the morning of the 21st of August, 1951, the Great Yarmouth coastguard tele- phoned that a ship was ashore on the Scroby Sands, but -not in immediate danger. At 6.15 the life-boat Jose Neville was launched in...
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Galway Bay. At noon on the 28th of April, 1958, the honorary secretary received a message from the local doctor asking if the life-boat would bring a doctor from Rossaveal to Kilronan for consultation about a patient. At 12.15 the life-boat...
The Greek Cargo Ship Protoklitos
West Mersea and Clacton-on-Sea: The Greek cargo ship Protoklitos was at anchor in the Blackwater Estuary when, on Monday February 7, fire broke out in her engine room and spread to her accommodation. It was a very cold day with a strong...
A Cabin Cruiser
ON FIRE At 2.31 p.m. on 29th April, 1965, the motor mechanic observed a cabin cruiser on fire about two miles off shore. There was a gentle south-westerly breeze and a moderate sea. The life-boat Canadian Pacific was launched at 2.35 and...
A Motor Trawler
JANUARY 4TH. - BARRA ISLAND, HEBRIDES. A strange-looking ship had been reported at anchor, but she was found to be a motor trawler which did not need help.
- Rewards, £14 7s. 6d.
Ems Ore, of Monrov
Penlee, Cornwall - At 7 a.m. on ist October, 1966, the captain of the motor vessel Ems Ore, of Monrovia, asked for police and medical help. At 9.45 the life-boat Solomon Browne launched in a fresh north westerly breeze and slight sea. The...