Nov. 8TH. - WALMER, KENT. At midnight a message was received from the Deal coastguard that a vessel was ashore on the South Goodwins. A strong southerly wind was blowing, with a choppy sea. At 12.20 A.M. the motor life-boat Charles Dibdin...
AUGUST 31ST. - DUNGENESS, KENT. At 5.55 in the evening the Sandgate coastguard telephoned that the naval and military authorities requested the services of the lifeboat to take out a relief crew and provisions to one of the caissons of...
the final fruition of this modern policy.
I recall a conversation I had with Cunninghame-Graham in the early days of my lifeboat career, when he said, 'It is not small boats, as at present, stationed in the bights, but...
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ALTHOUGH, considering its benevolent object, the small site of ground that is usually required to build a life-boat house on is not likely frequently to become the subject of litigation, yet the Committee of the Royal National Life-Boat...
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Number of Lives rescued by Life-boats, in addition to 20 vessels saved by them . 444.
Amount of Rewards to Life-boat Crews . . . . . £1,570 18 11
Number...
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BUDE, CORNWALL.—On the 2nd May the smack Boconnoc, of Padstow, in attempting to proceed to sea, the wind being very light and there being a considerable ground sea, drifted to the north side of the entrance to the harbour. The master, seeing...
RYE.—On the morning of the 14th January, the brig Allison, of Whitby, stranded near Jury's. Gap during a strong S.S.W. wind and heavy sea. The crew were then in no danger, and it was hoped that the vessel would get off with the rising...
Committee members of Helston and Porthleven branch Stan Llovd (bicvc/e) and Graham Fern (counter balance) are helping to improve the balance of their branch's account in this tigh! wire act across the entrance to Forth/even Harbour. It... - View image in PDF
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APPLEDORE, DEVON.—The ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION has re- cently sent a new Life-boat to Appledore, North Devon, to replace one which had been stationed there for many years. The new boat is 34 feet long, 1 feet wide, and rows...
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SUNDERLAND, NORTH DOCK.—While a strong N.N.E. gale was blowing, accompanied by a very rough sea and torrents of sleet and rain, on the 26th October, the ketch Emma Walker, of Sunderland, laden with coal for Wick, attempted to enter the...