Yarmouth, Isle of Wight.—At 4.10 on the afternoon of the 24th of August, 1954, the police reported that a dinghy, with two children on board, was adrift off the entrance to Beaulieu River.
At 7.28 the life-boat The Lord...
31st July.
A signal from the Clacton-on-Sea life- boat was mistaken as a call for more aid.
—Rewards, £8 10s. 6d. (An account of the Clacton service appears on page 156.).
PENARTH. — A bright flare light was seen in the roadstead at 1 A.M. on the 27th Jannary, during squally weather, the wind blowing from W. and N.W.
The Joseph Denman Life-boat proceeded in the direction of the light, and...
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23 October: Ilfracombe After spotting a yacht anchored near Ilfracombe Pier with waves breaking over her, Coxswain Andrew Bengey contacted the Coastguard. His crew mates launched shortly afterwards in force 7...
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EASTBOUBNX.—In the afternoon of the 24th of September, during a strong gale from the S.W., and a rough sea, it was reported that a large vessel was ashore near Bexhill Coastguard Station. The Wittiam and Mary Life-boat was taken to the spot,...
STUDENTS STRANDED STUDENTS stranded on Calf Island, four miles west south west of Port Erin, I.o.M., led to the Port Erin life-boat going to their assistance on 21st May.
The motor vessel, which took them to the island,...
Thanks of the Institution on Vellum The Thanks of the Institution Inscribed on Vellum has been awarded to the following honorary secretaries of life-boat stations on their retirement: MR. G. N. CRAIGHEAD, M.B.E., of Peter- head. (Also...
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Mallaig, Inverness-shire. At 3.7 on the afternoon of the 28th of August, 1958, the police at Broadford reported that a small dinghy with one man on board was adrift off the south end of Palay Island, two miles north of...
St. David's Pembrokeshire - At 5.35 p.m. on 24th August, 1967, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a man who was standing on a rock near South Bishop lighthouse was signalling for assistance. There was sailing dinghy in...