Combined Operation THE DEPUTY LAUNCHING AUTHORITY of Appledore, North Devon, was informed at 3.26 a.m., on Wednesday, September 19, 1973, that a yacht was in distress 28 miles to the west of the lifeboat station.
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Hastings, Sussex, and Dungeness, Kent. At 5.25 on the afternoon of the 13th of February, 1959, the honorary secretary at Hastings telephoned the coxswain of the Dungeness life-boat to ask if any of the local boats had seen the fishing boat...
On the after- noon of the 13th April the brigantine Amanda, of Newhaven, stranded a short distance from the St. Nicholas Light- vessel, and in response to guns from the latter the Life-boat John Bur eh was launched. When searching for the...
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In response to signals, the Life-boat, Henry Dundas, was launched at 1.15 A.M. on the 21st August. There was a dense fog at the time and after searching to the west- ward she proceeded to the Northern Rooks where she found the steam trawler...
At ii.10 a.m. on 9th August, 1967, the coastguard reported that a dinghy had capsized one mile off Tregantle Fort. The IRB was launched at 11.22 and also the harbour master's launch. However, conditions outside the harbour forced the IRB...
Campbeltown, Argyllshire. — During the afternoon of the 17th of March, 1949, parts of wireless messages were picked up at the life-boat station.
They came from tugs which appeared to be in difficulties with a vessel in tow...
A CHOICE of three different Christmas cards is provided by the Institution's selection of subjects this year, and in addition the usual pocket calendar is available.
The bronze medal service by the Coverack life-boat on...
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Islay, Hebrides. At 8.15 on the evening of the 24th of June, 1960, the local medical officer told the honorary secretary that he needed help urgently to convey a seriously ill patient to hospital on the mainland. Owing to dense fog the air...
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