Minehead, Somerset. — At 7.50 in the evening of the 23rd of May, 1952, the police reported that a thirteen- year-old boy, who had run away from his home at Uphill and had taken a twelve-feet dinghy, had been seen by an aeroplane between six...
EASTBOURNE, SUSSEX On the 20th of March, 1940, the Eastbourne life-boat rescued the captain of the S.S. Barnhill, of London.
LIFE-BOATMAN ALEC F. HUGGETT was awarded the bronze medal.
LIFE-BOATMAN THOMAS...
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HOUSE-BOAT ON THE GOODWINS Walmer, Kent.-—Early in the morning of the 9th"of November, 1947, the ex- Brixham trawler Toreador, towing from Brixham to Southend -another Brixham trawler, the Red Gauntlet, which had been converted into a...
.—-The Schooner Sidney Smith, of Portmadoc, whilst bound from Spain to Bristol with a cargo of iron ore, stranded at the mouth of Bantham Harbour, in foggy weather, early in the morning of the 25th March. Information of the disaster was...
The fishing vessel Begalia, of Douglas, was under observation about seven miles off the shore on the 3rd January, on account of the very choppy sea and the strong W.N.W. gale prevailing. About noon the vessel was missed, and the Coxswain of...
Bantham beauty The latest addition to the RNLI's fleet of lifeguard rescue boats was named CSMA/Frizzell 2005 in August 2005, providing lifesaving cover at Bantham, one of South Hams' most popular beaches. This is the second rescue... - View image in PDF
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At daybreak on the 6th of November, the Life-boat was launched to the assistance of a ship on the West Gunfleet Sands, which was found to be the brigantine ISsta/ette, of Faversham, bound from the Tyne to Whitstable with coal. She was...
On the 30th October the ketch William, of Peterhead, attempted to make the harbour but was overpowered by the sea and driven against the South Pier.
The Motor Life-boat Henry Vernon at once proceeded to her assistance,...
Newhaven, Sussex. At 11.10 on the morning of the 19th of April, 1960, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that the fishing vessel Denrow of Shore- ham, which had left Newhaven at 9.52 the morning before to fish to the west- ward of...
On the night of the 27th March the care- taker of the Board of Trade's Rocket Apparatus reported that a vessel in the Gold Top Roads was signalling for assistance. The crew of the Life-boat William Roberts were promptly assembled and the...