Mr. Barrie Bennetts, who had received the highest award the Institution can make to a voluntary worker, that of appointment as honorary life governor, died on the 26th of July, 1958, at the age of 75. He had been honorary secretary of the...
Category: Obituaries
The S.S. Hybert, of Wilmington, U.S.A., a vessel of some 6,500 tons, stranded on the South Goodwin Sands, about 7.20 A.M. on 6th November, in a light breeze.
She had a crew of thirty-six and a general cargo on board, and...
Aberdeen.—At 3.41 on the afternoon of the 6th of August, 1955, the coast- guard telephoned that a small boat, with a crew of four, appeared to be in difficulty and drifting southwards two and a half miles south-east of Findon Ness. At four...
YACHT GUIDED TO HARBOUR IN POOR VISIBILITY Margate, Kent. At 9.23 on the evening of the 3rd August, 1962, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the Whitstable harbour master had reported that a small yacht had capsized a...
.—At about 7 P.M.
on 23rd February information was re- ceived from the Coastguard that the North Goodwin Lightship had reported that a flare or rocket had been seen in a south-westerly direction. The Motor Life-boat...
Lowestoft, Suffolk.—At 7.54 on the morning of the 10th of March, 1951, the coastguard telephoned that the local steam trawler King Athelstan, with a crew of ten, had broken adrift from a tug and gone on the Newcombe...
Arklow, Co. Wicklow. At 8.55 on the evening of the 6th May, 1961, the Civic Guard informed the honorary secretary that a yacht was burning flares about four miles north-east of the harbour.
There was a south-by-west gale...
The four young Whitnalls (left to right) Timothy, now 9 (in cap), Simon, 10 , Mark, 7, and jolly Rebecca, 3j, who wants to be 'a life-boatman'. - View image in PDF
by courtesy of IF. G. Whitnall. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Clovelly, Devon.—At nine o'clock on the evening of the 6th of December, 1957, the coxswain informed the honor- ary secretary that a child, aged two, was very ill on Lundy Island and that a doctor had asked if the life-boat would take him...
SEPT. 2ND.- WICK, CAITHNESS-SHIRE.
At about 11.20 P.M. information was received from the coastguard that the trawler Navarre, of Grimsby, was ashore about five miles south of Duncansby Head. A fresh southerly wind was...