At about 8 P.M. on the 3rd December a message was received from the Coastguard re- porting that a vessel was showing signals, of distress in the Caldy Roads. The crew of the Life-boat William and Mary Devey were promptly assembled and the...
NEWBIGGIN, NORTHUMBERLAND.—On the 23rd January the Newbiggin fishing-boats went to the fishing-ground at 4 A.M. A severe gale from the S.E. sprung up in the forenoon, and at 12.15 it became necessary to launch the Life-boat William,...
Flight crews, back-up teams and equipment on display at Culdrose, including a Wessex (I) and Sea King (r). photograph by courtesy of RNAS Culdrose. - View image in PDF
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NOW that the membership of the Y.L.A. is approaching 10,000 it is hoped to form social branches of the Association in different parts of the country. These will not be fund-raising branches but will provide an opportunity for members in a...
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SMALL BOY MAROONED ON ROCK Torbay, Devon. At 5.44 on the evening of the 12th September, 1962, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a young boy was marooned on Cradle Rock. It was not possible for the coastguard to send down a...
The No. 1 Life- ; boat Marie Lane was called out during foggy but smooth weather, on the 17th August, to the assistance of the cutter Cecil, of Lowestoft, which had stranded on the Scroby Sands. The Life-boat remained by the vessel until she...
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in stark contrast to Barry Dock's Ai class lifeboat, Margaret Frances Lc the pulling and sailing lifeboat, due Victoria, takes a trip alongside Barf waterfront during the centenary celebrations.. - View image in PDF
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Lowestoft, Suffolk.—At 3.57 in the afternoon of the 17th of January, 1952, the coastguard telephoned that a Dutch motor vessel was in distress twelve miles east-south-east of Lowes- toft. • She was listing heavily. At 4.15 the life-boat...
Dover, Kent. On the evening of the 28th of June, 1958, the police reported that two boys had been cut off by the tide between South Foreland and St.
Margaret's Bay. At 8.55 the life-boat Southern Africa put out, taking...