Barra Island, Hebrides. At 1.30 early on the morning of the 11 th of September.
1959, the honorary secretary was in- formed that two small fishing boats, which had left Castlebay at four o'clock in the afternoon, had...
A hard shoulder to lean on.
Motorists on the M25 had something to distract them from the inevitable traffic jams in July when the ex- Courtmacsherry Solent class lifeboat R.
Hope Roberts made a passage to... - View image in PDF
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Dover, Kent.—At 11.9 on the morn- ing of the 20th of December, 1952, the Sandgate coastguard telephoned that a man was cut off by the tide near St.
Margaret's Bay, and" at 11.30 the life- boat Southern Africa, in...
On the afternoon of the 25th January the Mersey Docks and Harbour Board telephoned that Pilot Vessel No. 2 was in distress off the Bar Lightship. A whole N.W. gale was blowing, with a heavy sea and heavy squalls of sleet and rain. The New...
INJURED MAN At 6.15 p.m. on I2th August, 1965, the coxswain was notified that the Port Medical Officer wished to board a German tanker which had an injured man on board. The tanker was due off the harbour at 8 p.m. As it was low water it was...
Whitby, Yorkshire.—About half past three on the morning of the 26th of September, 1950, several Scottish fish- ing boats working from Whitby were at sea. A strong north-easterly wind was causing a very heavy sea, making the approach to...
Margate, Kent.—On the morning of the 2nd October, 1938, a rowing boat belonging to Westgate, with two men on board, was seen to be in difficulties about half a mile N. of the S.E.
Margate Buoy. She was being blown out to...
How one woman’s generosity and a volunteer crew’s commitment made a 12-hour rescue possible
The lifeboat crew from the Isle of Barra in the Outer Hebrides worked through the night aboard the...
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On the 17th November, the schooner Remedy, of Whitstable, was in a very dangerous position near the Admiralty Pier during a fearful gale of wind. The Royal Wiltshire life-boat put off, and re- mained by the vessel till she was out of...
At ii p.m. on 3rd January, 1965, a message was received by the honorary secretary that a sick man needed to be landed from the German motor vessel Clipper at approx. 4.15 a.m. The life-boat Solomon Browne launched at 3.10 proceeded to Newlyn...