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Marie Suzanne

Date: June 1957

Volume: 34

Issue: 380

Wick, Caithness-shire.—At 3.36 on the afternoon of the 16th of February, 1957, the coastguard telephoned that the engine-room of the Belgian trawler Marie Suzanne was on fire nine miles south-east of Clyth Ness. At four o'clock the...

Vispon

Date: September 1964

Volume: 38

Issue: 409

FLOODING EMERGENCY At 9.20 p.m. on 26th June, 1964, the Rescue Co-ordination Centre, Haulbowline, told the honorary secretary that the Spanish trawler Vispon, nine miles west of Bull Rock lighthouse, had sent out an SOS call as her engine...

125 Years Old

Date: March 1937

Volume: 30

Issue: 329

The Ketch Ceres, now sunk in Croyde Bay, entering Bude. - View image in PDF

(See opposite page.). - View image in PDF

Category: Photographs

A Silent Appeal

Date: October 1936

Volume: 30

Issue: 327

A NOVEL form of appeal was tried in Norwich this year. In place of a life-boat flag day, a silent appeal was made. There were no collectors.

Instead twenty-six large life-boat col- lecting boxes, hung on davits, were placed...

Category: Donations

George J. Goulandris

Date: 1939

Volume: War Years

Issue: 1939

JAN. 11TH. - SUNDERLAND, CO. DUR.

HAM. At about 5.30 P.M. a message was received from the South Docks that a vessel close to the shore was burning red flares. A N.N.E. gale was blowing, with a heavy sea and snow showers....

A Vessel

Date: September 1966

Volume: 39

Issue: 417

Fowey, Cornwall - At 10.5 a.m. on 9th April, 1966, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a vessel was submerged with about two foot of mast showing above the water, a quarter of a mile west of Polperro. The life-boat Cecil and...

Silver Line

Date: October 1947

Volume: 32

Issue: 343

WHITBY'S DANGEROUS BAR Whitby, Yorkshire.—At about 5.30 in the morning of the 24th of March, 1947, seven fishing boats put to sea in moderate weather. By nine o'clock a strong northerly wind was blowing, the sea was rough, and the...

St.Mary's Arun Robert Edgar Heads Out to Sea With the Survivor from Bacarole. More Photos Page 125.

Date: Autumn 1993

Volume: 53

Issue: 526

St Mary's Arun Robert Edgar heads out to sea with the survivor from Bacarole. More photos page 125.. - View image in PDF

Category: Photographs

Peterhead Lifeboat Crew on Service

Date: Winter 2000

Volume: 57

Issue: 551

Peterhead lifeboat crew on service Back Row: Jim Reid. Head Launcher; James Geary. Emergency Mechanic: Jimmy Anderson, 2nd Coxswain: Andy Brown. Coxswain: Bob Lee.

Mechanic/Radio Operator and Billy Proctor, Emergency... - View image in PDF

Category: Photographs

Oswaldian

Date: 1939

Volume: War Years

Issue: 1939

SEPT. 25TH. - REDCAR, YORKSHIRE.

While homeward bound for Grimsby, the steam trawler Oswaldian, laden with Ash and carrying a crew of eleven, ran ashore on the Salt Scar Rocks off Redcar. The weather was hazy with a heavy...