On the evening of the 21st of January, 1955, the St. Mary's, Scilly Islands, life-boat was called out to go to the help of a Panamanian steamer.
After a dangerous passage among rocks and in dense fog the life-boat...
IN "Obituary of the Years of War, 1939-1945," "in the last issue of The Life-boat, there should have appeared two other names, John Herbert Bolton and Thomas Valentine Bennett.
Mr. Bolton joined the staff of...
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The Duke of Northumberland with Robert and James Brownlee, only surviving members of the Whitby crew of 1914. - View image in PDF
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Berwick-on-Tweed, Northumberland.
—At 1.6 on the afternoon of the 8th of April, 1954, the coastguard telephoned that a motor boat had broken down and was drifting towards the shore three miles north of Berwick. At 1.26...
Stornoway, Outer Hebrides. At 9.10 p.m. on ist October, 1965, the coastguard reported that a flare had been sighted about one mile to the south-west of Arnish light. There was a moderate north-easterly breeze with a choppy...
Llandudno, Caernarvonshire - At 4.30 p.m. on 20th March, 1968, the coastguard reported that a fishing boat was firing flares off Great Orme's head. The life-boat Lilly Wainwright was launched at 4.45 in a south westerly gale with a...
Wick, Caithness - At 10 a.m. on 15th May, 1969, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the fishing boat Alphia was in difficulties just offshore at the south head of Wick bay. The life-boat Sir Godfrey Baring was launched at...
INJURED YOUTH PICKED UP BY BOARDING BOAT Portpatrick, Wigtownshire. At 3.20 on the afternoon of the 10th June, 1962, the police informed the honorary secretary that a young man had fallen over the cliffs two miles south of...
On the evening of the 9th of August^ 1958, four people were rescued from a cave after a dinghy manned by four members of the St. Ives, Cornwall, life-boat crew had been holed and sunk.
For this service, a full account of...
Margate, Kent. At 12.41 on the afternoon of the 10th of April, 1959, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a small sailing dinghy had capsized about half a mile off shore at Minnis Bay, Birchington. At 12.55 the life-boat North...