BOULMER, CULLERCOATS, NORTH SUNDERLAND, SCARBOROUGH, and TYNEMOUTH.— On the 7th January a sudden gale sprung up accompanied by a high sea, and between 9.30 A.M. and 4.45 P.M. five Lifeboats —the Meliscent, stationed at Boulmer, the...
Rosslare Harbour, Co. Wexford.— At about 10.30 on the night of the 26th of January, 1948, a wireless message was received from the motor vessel Edenvale of Wexford, that her engine had broken down, but that she was in no immediate danger....
The death occurred in April this year of ex-Coxswain Douglas Kirkaldie who was from 1946 to 1952 in command of the Ramsgate, Kent, life-boat. He was 81. Mentioned in despatches for decoy work during the Dunkirk evacuation, Mr. Kirkaldie was...
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At 10.30 a.m. on 5th November, 1967, a member of the life-boat crew saw a sailing dinghy capsize in Mumbles Bay. As there was no boat in the vicinity the IRB carried on board the life-boat Charles H. Barret was launched at 10.33 in a strong...
A cheque for £350 for Walton and Hersham branch is presented by Richard Holley (centre left) to Sydney Gillingham, deputy regional organiser (South East). Around them are the members of the 1st Walton Viking Sea Scouts who had raised... - View image in PDF
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Penlee, Cornwall. At 5.30 on the evening of the 4th of January, 1961, the honorary secretary was informed that the motor vessel Mille Heering of Copenhagen would be off Penlee about 11.45 and that medical help was...
St. Ives, Cornwall. At 2.43 p.m. on 2ist August, 1965, the coastguard reported that a man had fallen off., or had been washed off, the rocks at Clodgy Point. At 2.45 the IRB launched in a fresh west-north-westerly breeze and rough sea. The...
The Humber, Yorkshire.—Just after 9 P.M. on the 14th February, 1938, the life-boatman on watch reported a large steamer aground on the Inner Binks. The sea was rough, with an E.N.E. wind and snow squalls. At 9.30 P.M. the motor life-boat...
Newbiggin, Northumberland.—At half past ten in the morning of the 30th of January, 1948, the coastguard gave warning of an approaching gale. As several fishing boats were at sea the life-boat's coxswain stood by. At 11.30 he reported...
Lerwick, Shetlands.—At 12.3 on the afternoon of the 10th of March, 1947, the Medical Officer of Health asked for the life-boat for a woman at Outrabis- ter, Lunnaness, who must be brought at once to hospital at Lerwick for an...