A REMARKABLE feature of life-boat appeals during recent years has been the number of gifts for building motor life-boats for the Scottish coast received from ladies in Scotland. Since the beginning of 1928 nine such gifts have been received,...
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WALMER.—Guns were heard in the direction of the Middle Light Vessel during hazy weather at about 10.15 a.m.
on the 29th June, and shortly afterwards a barque was discerned stranded close to the Light Vessel. The Life-boat...
Rosslare Harbour, Co. Wexford.—At 11.14 on the morning of the 3rd of May. 1955, a man rang up to say that he had received a message by radio telephone from his fishing boat Ros Ailither that she had taken in tow the fishing boat Ros...
HABWICH.—While a gale was blowing from the S., accompanied by a heavy sea, on the morning of the 30th March, a telephone message was received from Felixstowe stating that a schooner was aground on the St. Andrew's Bank and that she had...
On the evening of the 7th October a pilot warned the coxswain that flares had been seen near No. 2 buoy, in the entrance to Wyre Channel. A fresh and increasing S.W. breeze was blowing, with a choppy sea. The motor life- boat Sir...
ENGINE FAILED, SAIL CARRIED AWAY Walmer, Kent.—At 8.17 on the night of the 9th of September, 1947, the Deal coastguard telephoned that the auxili- ary yacht Amulet needed a tow one mile east of St. Margarets Bay. The motor life-boat Charles...
Clacton-on-Sea, Essex.—At 11.30 on the morning of the 24th of August, 1957, the coastguard reported that smoke signals had been observed about seven miles west-south-west of Clacton pier.
The life-boat II.C.J., on temporary...
Hartlepool, Co. Durham - At 7 p.m. on 22nd May, 1966, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a cabin cruiser was in difficulties three quarters of a mile north-east of Hartlepool.
The life-boat City of Bradford...
Boulmer, Northumberland - At 4 p.m. on 22nd February, 1967, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that two cobles from Boulmer were overdue.
The life-boat Robert and Dorothy Hardcastle was launched at 4.21 in a...
Reserve life-boat O.N. 776 on passage - At 10.30 p.m. on 12th September, 1969, while the life-boat was moored overnight at Oban, the harbour jnaster reported that red flares had been sighted in the vicinity of Lismore island. At 10.40 the...