Fleetwood, Lancashire. At 10.55 on the morning of the 2nd of December, 1959, a message reached the life-boat- house that cries for help had been heard from a half-decked fishing boat ashore on the beach a quarter of a mile west of the...
HORNSEA.—On the morning of Tuesday, the 8th November, during a moderate E. gale and a heavy sea, rockets were fired in quick succession by the fourmasted ship Earl of Beaconsfield, of London, bound from Calcutta for Hull with a cargo of...
Barra Island, Outer Hebrides.—At 8.15 on the evening of the 9th of April, 1955, a local doctor asked if the life- boat would take a sick person to Lochboisdale for conveyance to Glas- gow by air ambulance. At 8.45 the life-boat Lloyd's...
On the 1st November the Godsend Lifeboat was launched at about 3 P.M., having been signalled for by the crew of a yawl, which had gone out in the morning to the assistance of the s.s. Ferndale, of Sunderland, stranded on the North Scroby...
During a moderate N.E. gale, with a rough sea and snow showers, on the morning of 31st March, the Mechanic of the Motor Life-boat R.N.L.B. 684 RM. saw the steam trawler Eamont, of Fleetwood, which was bound from the fishing grounds to...
On the 28th February the brig Zephyr parted her anchors and drove on the Scroby Sand. The larger Yarmouth life-boat pro- ceeded under sail to the assistance of her crew, whom she succeeded in taking off, and with one exception landed them in...
Vessels and boats which life-boats saved or helped to save from destruction - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 74
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Category: Annual Reports
To Commander EDWARD D. DRURY, O.B.E., R.D., R.N.R., Inspector of Life-boats for the Northern District, in recognition of his high sense of devotion to duty when taking Life-boats to their Stations under arduous conditions, and especially the...
Category: Awards
GORLESTON.—The dandy Albany, of Lowestoft, while returning from fishing, on the 4th January, in a strong E.S.E.
gale and a very heavy sea, had her mainsail blown away and lost her rudder. She was taken in tow by another...