Dinghy adrift in strong breeze THE HONORARY SECRETARY Of ThurSO lifeboat station saw a dinghy in difficulties in Thurso Bay with a small motor boat trying to tow her towards Scrabster but making little headway. Both boats were drifting east...
MOTORS FAILED At 4.20 p.m. on I4th June, 1964, the coastguard told the coxswain that he had received a message from the motor vessel Anchorman that a small fishing boat, the Saga, had broken down three miles south-east of the harbour and...
Invitation only.' By kind invitation of the crew, members of the Weymouth ladies' guild enjoyed a trip on the Weymouth lifeboat while she was on an exercise. The trip was intended as a token of thanks from the crew for all the hard... - View image in PDF
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FEBRUARY 8TH. - WHITBY, YORKSHIRE.
A red light had been reported and the life-boat was launched and stood by in readiness, but she was not required to go out as a convoy was passing and its escort vessels were asked to...
Scarborough, Yorkshire.—Early in the morning of the 23rd November, 1938, a strong S.S.E. gale arose, with a rough sea and heavy rain. The two motor cobles Hilda and Kingfisher were at sea to the northward, and in great danger of being...
The bowls club of Britannic House, the London headquarters of British Petroleum, held an invitation tournament in August. It was in aid of the RNLI and this photograph shows the players launching their bowls towards the centre of the green... - View image in PDF
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Holy Island, Northumberland. — At 1.10 P.M. on the 22nd March, 1939, a steamer was reported ashore on the Plough Reef, one mile east of Holy Island. The weather was fine but cold, with a W.N.W. breeze and a choppy sea. The motor life-boat...
Skegness, Lincolnshire.—At 12.20 A.M.
on the 2nd August, 1938, the police reported that a vessel had been dashed against Skegness Pier. A fresh E.N.E.
wind was blowing, with a choppy sea, and the tide was...
AIRCRAFT AND LIFE-BOAT SEARCH FOR FISHING BOAT Barrow, Lancashire. At 10.45 on the morning of the 26th February, 1963, the Formby coastguard reported that the fishing boat Signora of Peel had burnt flares twelve miles north-west-by-west of...
Battered by rough seas Heft} - Brighton's Palace Pier is commonplace for many lifeboat rescues.. - View image in PDF
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