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...and a bottle of rum! Tom Greer of Watson's Rum presents £1,500 to area organiser Colin Lawson in the presence of the Anstruther crew in April. The money was collected from rum bottles strategically... - View image in PDF
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MAN COLLAPSED At 6.46 p.m. on 9th September, 1964, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a boat had overturned in moderate seas and a fresh south-westerly breeze off Bowleaze cove. At 7.5 the lifeboat Frank Spiller Locke put...
Rosslare Harbour, Co. Wexford - At 11.25 a.m. on 3istMay, 1967, Lloyd's agent at Wexford told the honorary secretary that there was an injured man on board the m.v. Naess Louisiana. The life-boat H. F. Bailey, on temporary duty at the...
Lerwick, Shetland*. — Early on the morning of the 31st January, 1938, the coastguard reported that a trawler was ashore on the island of Bressay. A S.S.W. gale was blowing, with a rough sea and showers of sleet. The motor life-boat Lady Jane...
Humber, Yorkshire. At eleven o'clock on the morning of the 11th September, 1961, the coastguard informed the coxswain superintendent that a small dinghy with four people on board was in difficulties at the mouth of the...
Portrush, Co. Antrim.—At 10.35 on the night of the 11 th of December, 1953, the coastguard rang up to say that a vessel had gone aground at Galloway Rock, near Greencastle. At 10.48 the life-boat Lady Scott, Civil Service...
Peter Puddiphatt (left in photo) presents Walter Baguley, the new coxswain of 'his' exlifeboat with a signed print of her launching at Sennen Cove as Diana White.. - View image in PDF
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Weymouth, Dorset. At 9.55 on the evening of the 4th of June, 1960, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a hired rowing boat with three men on board had not returned to Weymouth pier. The honorary secretary decided not to...
THOBPEHESS, SUFFOLK.—At 5.30 A.M., on the 26th November, .the Life^boat Ipswich was launched in response to signals in the direction of Sizewell Bank, during a S.S.E. wind and a heavy sea.
On reaching the vessel, which...
Early on the after- noon of the 7th December the Coast- guard reported that a motor yacht west of the jetty appeared to be in distress.
A strong N.E. breeze was blowing with a heavy sea, and hail showers. The Motor...