Islay, Hebrides. At 9.40 on the night of the 13th of January, 1958, the the Kilchoman coastguard informed the honorary secretary that H.M.S. Bar- combe was aground on Oronsay. At 10.5 the life-boat Charlotte Elizabeth put out in a slight sea...
SEPTEMBER 19TH. - SKEGNESS, LINCOLNSHIRE.
A light and red flares had been reported, but they came from a cooker on a fishing boat. - Rewards, £14 8s..
At 8.30 A.M.
on the 29th January it was reported to the Coxswain that a vessel was flying signals of distress about four miles N. W.
of Bull Bay. The Life-boat James Gullen was launched in a very heavy sea...
Walmer, Kent - At 7.33 p.m. on 23rd July, 1968, two IRB crew members saw a sculler belonging to the Deal rowing club capsize just north of the pier. Another club member swam out to him, but the sculler was driven rapidly towards the pier and...
SEVERAL COBLES ESCORTED IN ROUGH SEA Scarborough, Yorkshire. During the early morning of the 16th January, 1963, the easterly wind increased to gale force and anxiety was felt for the safety of six local fishing boats which were still at sea...
DUNBAR, N.B.—On the 27th February, at about 8 A.M., a small vessel was seen riding at anchor in comparatively shallow water, with a signal of distress flying, about five miles E. of Dunbar. The Lifeboat Wallace put off to her assistance, and...
NOVEMBER 22ND. - NEWHAVEN, SUSSEX. At 7.5 in the evening the naval authorities asked for the services of the lifeboat for a patrol boat which was in difficulties near the mouth of the harbour and the motor life-boat Cecil and Lilian Philpott...
The rescue of a 12-year-old girl off St Agnes, Cornwall, is celebrated. - View image in PDF
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Aberystwyth, Cardiganshire.—At 2.20 on the afternoon of the 31st of March, 1954, the life-boat Agu.Ha Wren was launched for a routine exercise in a moderate sea, with a moderate wester- ly breeze blowing. When she was about a mile north of...
Richard Hawkins joined Dover lifeboat crew in 1959; he was an assistant motor mechanic at Dover from 1974 before being appointed coxswain/ mechanic of Great Yarmouth and Gorleston in 1976.
He was awarded the thanks of the... - View image in PDF
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