YACHT FOUND DRAGGING ANCHOR IN GALE Dover, Kent. At 9.30 on the evening of the 26th August, 1962, a message was received that the yacht Marabu of the Royal Naval Sailing Association, which was sheltering in Dover harbour, was dragging her...
FIVE FISHING VESSELS ESCORTED IN GALE Whitby, Yorkshire. At 12.50 on the afternoon of the 26th October, 1962, it was decided to launch the life-boat Mary Ann Hepworth to stand by local fishing vessels as they entered the harbour, and at...
TWO PATIENTS LANDED At i p.m. on nth December, 1963, the local nurse informed the honorary secretary that two patients needed to be taken to the mainland for hospital treatment.
There was a gale force wind from the...
Filey, Yorkshire. On the morning of the 18th of May, 1960, three local fishing cobles were working under Bempton cliffs in bad weather, and it was decided to launch the life-boat The Isa & Penryn Milsted. She left at 9.50, with the...
Eastbourne: While the station's 37ft 6in Rather class lifeboat, Duke of Kent, was out on exercise on the morning of Sunday September 9, 1984, a sailboarder was seen from the shore to be in difficulty and the Coastguard asked...
Bronze medallists: (I to r) Dannie McKay of Wick; he saved three men and their coble among rocks in a gale (full report: THE LIFEBOAT, winter '84185); David Clemence of llfracombe who pulled a yacht and her terrified occupant from rocks... - View image in PDF
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MARCH 5TH. - HARTLEPOOL, DURHAM.
Two laden steamers, the Norwegian S.S. Royal and the British S.S. Yewdale, were lying off Hartlepool in a very rough sea, with a strong easterly wind blowing, and heavy snow storms, and the...
APRIL 19TH. - WHITBY, YORKSHIRE.
Early in the morning five fishing boats left to lift their crab pots. A N.E. wind of gale force got up with a rough sea and heavy rain, and two of the boats returned. As the weather grew...
MAY 4TH. - ST. DAVID’S, PEMBROKESHIRE.
At 7.55 in the evening the coastguard reported a small boat drifting two miles north of St. David’s Head. A strong northeasterly breeze was blowing and the sea was rough. The motor...
When a man was washed off Whitley Bay promenade into a very lively sea on 20 June, the B class lifeboat from Cullercoats was sent to help.
The man was being repeatedly thrown against the promenade, but the water was too...
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