Newhaven, and Selsey, Sussex. At 12.5 on the afternoon of the 17th of May, 1959, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a small sailing boat had capsized a quarter of a mile off Cuckmere and that her crew of two could be...
Barmouth, Merionethshire. At 5.27 p.m. on yth July, 1964, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that he had seen a vessel making heavy weather in the very rough seas and gale force winds off the south bank of Barmouth bar. He had...
Mechanical failures Arran (Lamlash) lifeboat crew were mustered on the evening of Sunday July 22, 1984, after Clyde Coastguard had been told that a speedboat was seen to be drifting towards the main channel between Hamilton Rock and...
RHOSCOLYN, ANGLESEY..—The Norwegian barque Dronning Sophie was seen to be in distress in Carnarvon Bay, and fast drifting to leeward, while the wind was blowing a whole gale from the N.W., and a very heavy sea was running, on the 7th October...
Swanage, Dorset. At 11.59 on the night of the 29th of September, 1958, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that Niton radio station had received a signal from the Dutch tanker Capricornus that she was standing by the yacht Farida...
Stromness, Orkneys.—At 11.50 P.M. on the 8th March the Kirkwall coastguard reported that distress signals had been seen off Mull Head, Papa Westray, and that the life-boat was wanted. The motor life-boat J.J.K.S.W. put out at 12.15 A.M. on...
Humber, Yorkshire. At 6.28 on the morning of the 19th August, 1961, the coastguard informed the coxswain that there was a small yacht astern of the Humber lightvessel which needed help.
There was a strong...
Not wanting to see a bumper crop of apples from the garden go to waste, Harriet Masser from Windsor made herself a poster, washed all the apples and placed them in a basket on her doorstep, asking passers-by to put donations for the RNLI... - View image in PDF
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WOMAN TO HOSPITAL At 12.30 p.m. on 2yth August, 1965, the local doctor requested the use of the life-boat to take a woman patient to Rossaveel on the mainland. As no other suitable boat was available the life-boat Mabel Marion Thompson put...
On the 20th Octo- ber at midnight, during a strong gale with heavy sea, the barge Henry Everest, of Rochester, was driven ashore off Thorpeness. The Thorpe life-boat was speedily launched, and proceeded to her aid, taking off her crew...