During foggy weather on 15th February the barque Chili, of Dunkirk, a large vessel of 1,800 tons, carrying a crew of twenty men, became embayed about one mile to the west of the Lizard and was within 150 fathoms of the shore. A messenger...
JUNE 4TH. - BEMBRIDGE, ISLE OF WIGHT, AND SELSEY, SUSSEX. At 1.15 A.M. a message was received at Bembridge from the Foreland coastguard, that an aeroplane had come down in the sea south-west of the coastguard hut at Hayling Island. A...
Humber, Yorkshire - At 9.30 a.m.
on 19th October, 1966, news was received that a member of the crew of the Dowsing lightvessel required to be taken ashore for medical treatment. As there was no urgency it was decided to...
RNLI corporate services director, tenVentham, former head of fundraising and marketing, had a great surprise in July when he was presented with a Lifetime Achiever's Award by Kevin Kibble of Professional Fundraising magazine. The award,...
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Two days later (on the 18th October) two schooners and a brig were observed off the harbour, a " strong gale " from the S.E. blowing, with a "very heavy sea" running. These vessels were the schooner Anne, of Montrose,...
Fowey, Cornwall. At eight o'clock on the evening of the 14th of April, 1960, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a yacht was firing red flares three miles south ofFowey. At 8.13 the life-boat Deneys Reit: put out at high...
On the 4th June, at 4 A.M., during a fresh breeze from the N. and misty rain, the Life-boat Bradford and steam-tug Aid went out in reply to signal guns from the Gull Lightship. They proceeded through the Old Cudd Channel, and round to the...
On the night of the 5th January the sloop Annette Caihelina ran ashore off Palling Gap. The life-boat at once proceeded to her, and took off her crew of 3 men, landing them safely.
Walmer. Kent. — At 6.58 on the evening- of the 1st of July, 1956, the Deal coastguard telephoned that three people in a dinghy could be seen wav- ing a flag on a stick in Pegwell Bay.
At 7.3 the life-boat Charles Dibdin...
COLONEL THE HON. HAROLD ROBSON has been elected a vice-president of the Royal National Life-boat Institution.
Colonel Robson has been a member of the Committee of Management since 1933. He became vice-chairman of the...
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