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TOW FOR FISHING BOAT WITH FOULED PROPELLER Aberdeen. At 11.10 on the night of the 4th July, 1962, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that red flares had been seen three to four miles east-south-east of Gregness. The life-boat W...
Venus
SAILING FAMILY RESCUED Dover, Kent. At 5.34 p.m. on Sunday the 29th September, 1963, a message was received that a yacht was in difficulties and was trying to make the harbour in a fresh to strong westerly breeze and a rough sea. The...
Cover Picture
This photograph by Mr. Ronald E. Turner of the R.N.L.I.'s hull drawing office staff shows one of the Institution's McLachlan fast rescue boats—the fast R.N.L.I, rescue craft to be specifically designed for the Institution with a... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Mrs Reed at Cromer
Mrs. R. M. Reed, of Eastbourne, who in 1967 gave the new 48-foot 6-inch Oakley life-boat Ruby and Arthur Reed in memory of her late husband, Mr. A.
E. Reed, of Stamford, Lincolnshire (THE LIFE-BOAT, September, 1967),...
Category: Articles
Monhegan
At 6.10 p.m. on 2gth October, 1966, red flares were reported two miles north east of Tankerton. There was a moderate wind from the north east with a slight seaand rain squalls. The life-boat North Foreland (Civil Service No. n) launched at 6...
Ema
Penlee, Cornwall. At 10 a.m. on nth November, 1965, the St. Just coastguard told the coxswain that a ship had reported seeing mattresses in the sea five miles south-east of Tater Du lighthouse. The mattresses were possibly from the missing...
Golden Arrow
SEPTEMBER 15TH. - RHYL, FLINT-SHIRE. During the afternoon it was learned from the coastguard that the local fishing smack Golden Arrow, which had gone out the previous evening with a crew of two, had not been seen since, and after...
Hope
PENMON, ANGLESEY.—Early on the morning of 23rd August the dandy Hope, of St.
Ives, bound from Buncorn to Penryn with coal, having dragged her anchor and parted her chain, struck on the Dutchman Sandbank, opposite to Penmon,...
Marie, of Newport
On the 18th January, information was received that a dismasted vessel was dragging her anchors at Derby Haven, there being a very severe gale from S.W., and a heavy sea on.
The life-boat Commercial Traveller, No. 2, was...
Kingfisher
Southend-on-Sea, Essex. — At 10.30 on the night of the 15th of April, 1948.
the coastguard reported that the motor vessel Kingfisher, of London, needed a doctor to attend to her chief officer.
As no other...