BURNHAM.—On the 14th October the coxswain of the Life-boat saw the smack Neath Trader, of Newport, Mon., ashore off Burnham during a heavy gale from the W.N.W. at about 10 o'clock A.M. The vessel was fall of water, and there were three...
Great Yarmouth and Gorleston, Norfolk.—At 1.36 in the afternoon of the 5th of February, 1952, the Gorleston coastguard telephoned that the S.S. Poole Channel, of London, had wirelessed that she was making for Great Yarmouth with an injured...
ST. MARY'S SCILLY ISLANDS.—The coastguard men at St. Agnes having signalled for the Life-boat, the Henry Dundas put off at 6.50 P.M. on the 3rd of May in a very heavy sea and thick weather and proceeded to the Western Bocks, where the...
Peterhead, Aberdeenshire.—1st October, 1939. A small trawler had been reported in a sinking condition fifty miles away, but another vessel took her in tow. The life-boat returned after being out for over nine hours.—Rewards, £16 2s. 9d....
FEBRUARY 3RD. - EASTBOURNE, AND HASTINGS, SUSSEX. The Dutch steamer Laertes, of Amsterdam, had struck a mine S.E. of the Royal Sovereign Lightship, and had caught fire, but she was able to reach a Dutch port under her own power. - Rewards :...
Tynemouth, Northumberland. — At 2.25 on the afternoon of the 6th of December, 1953, the life-boat Tynesider was launched for a routine exercise. On completing the exercise she made for her station again, but when she was nearing Tyne North...
The idea of forming a society to cater for those with technical or historical interests in the life-boat service was suggested by Mr. JohnG. Francis in the early summer of last year. A letter from Mr. Francis on the subject in the June 1964...
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KINGSTOWN, IRELAND.—At 11.30 P.M.
on the llth December it was reported that some fishermen were in danger on board a wreck on the North Bull Sands. It appeared that a number of open boats were fishing near the spot when a...
Filey, Yorkshire.—At noon on the 3rd of February, 1955, the coxswain re- ported that the local fishing coble Catherine and Ann was at sea. The weather was becoming worse, and at 12.15 the life-boat The Isa & Pennjn Milsted was launched...
Mallaig, Inverness-shire.—At 7.0 on the evening of the 14th of November, 1952, a doctor asked if the life-boat would take him to the Island of Rhum to attend a sick person. The weather was too bad for the usual boat to put out, and at 7.30...