Filey, Yorkshire. On the 2nd of November, 1960, the fishing coble Margaret and James was at sea in a south-south-westerly gale. The weather was cloudy with fierce squalls, and the sea was rough. As the weather was be- coming worse it was...
WATCH AT THE BAR Whitby, Yorkshire. At 8.30 a.m. on I9th April, 1965, the coxswain informed the honorary secretary that the sea was getting extremely bad on the harbour bar. As part of the fishing fleet was still at sea the life-boat Mary...
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Torhay, Devon.—27th October, 1937.
A vessel had been reported in difficulties off the Thatcher Rock, but nothing could be found. She must have gone on her way.—Rewards, £6 7s. 6d..
Flagstaff memorial: The Bishop of Truro, the Right Reverend Peter Mumford, blesses the flagstaff mounted in Truro Cathedral and made as a memorial to the lifeboatmen who died in the Penlee lifeboat disaster of December 1981. The wood for the... - View image in PDF
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DECEMBER 24TH. - PADSTOW, CORNWALL, AND APPLEDORE, DEVON.
During the afternoon information was received from the coastguard that a vessel appeared to be in difficulties about five miles west-north-west of Hartland Point. A...
Filey, Yorkshire. — On the early morning of the 26th October, 1939, the fishing fleet put to sea. By 8.10 A.M.
several of the boats had returned. A fresh to strong breeze was blowing, With a rough sea, and some of the boats...
Appledore, Devon. At 6.28 on the evening of the 14th of September, 1959, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that two people, who had gone rock climbing near Baggy Point, had not returned to their hotel as expected and were...
Ramsey, Isle of Man.—At 5.45 on the afternoon of the 2nd of October, 1956, the coastguard telephoned that the trawler Boston Valiant, outward bound from Fleetwood to the fishing grounds,had asked for a doctor to meet her in Ramsey Bay as the...