St. Peter Port, Guernsey.—6th March, 1938. The Norwegian steamer Tommeliten,, of Bergen, had stranded during & dense fog, but refloated unaided on the next high tide.—Rewards, £6 175. 6d..
New Quay, Cardiganshire.—2nd June, 1938. A fishing boat was in distress, but her crew of five were rescued from the shore by the coastguard rocket life - saving appliances. — Rewards, £25 19s..
Mr. G. S. Woodman, of Hythe, who died on 1st June, at the age of forty-six, had been joint honorary secretary of the Hythe life-boat station for three years, and in that short time had made him- self of great value to the station, in which...
Category: Obituaries
FOR the fourth year running the Insti- tution has received a gift of a year'scollection of halfpennies. It numbered 468, or nineteen shillings and sixpence..
Category: Meetings
The pulling and sailing life-boat going out with Coxswain Major-General the Right Hon. - View image in PDF
Lord Mottistone, P.C., C.B., C.M.G., D.S.O., in command.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
ENGINE FAILED AND NO SAIL Seaham, Durham.—At 11.56 in the morning of the 5th of July, 1947, the coastguard reported information from Hawkthorn Towers that a b"oat was.
adrift and in need of help, and the motor...
From photograph oy Captain E. W. Swan, C.B.E., V.D., D.L, R.N.y.R., a member of the Committee of Management and Chairman gj the Tynemouth Branch.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Wicklow.—At 11.5 in the morning of the 27th of October, 1948, a boat was seen to be in difficulties and flying a distress signal two miles south-west of Newcastle Point, and the motor life-boat Lady Kylsant was launched at...
Hastings, Sussex. —• At 6.20 in the morning of the 13th of November, 1948, the Fairlight coastguard tele- phoned that a boat was burning flares about two miles off Winchelsea, and later the Winchelsea coast watcher reported that the boat was...
The Humber, Yorkshire.—20th April, 1939. An aeroplane was thought to have crashed into the sea, but it was found that she came down on land.— Permanent paid crew: Rewards, 6s..