BIyth, Northumberland; Dunbar,'Haddingtonshire ; Buckie, Banffshire ; Lerwick, Shetland.—27th-31st January. The Russian steamer Irtysch, while bound from West Hartlepool to Leningrad had run into a severe gale and been driven north. She...
Sunderland, Co. Durham.—At about P.M. on the 4th April, 1938, a pilot reported that a boat was in distress off Sunderland. She was the motor fishing boat Lilian, of North Shields, with a crew of two, in difficulties owing to the fouling of...
Selsey, Sussex - At 7.30 p.m. on 14th August, 1967, the coastguard reported that a yacht, which had been under observation in Love Channel, had turned north instead of continuing on course for Portsmouth or Chichester harbour, and was now...
Coxswain Richard Davies - Bronze Medal Cromer lifeboat, 13 October 1993 Richard Davies was in charge of Cromer's Tyne class lifeboat when she was involved in a long service in which she rescued a 30ft yacht and saved her crew of four.<... - View image in PDF
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FEBRUARY 13TH. - STORNOWAY, HEBRIDES. At about 5.15 P.M. a message was received from the Post Office in the village of Bayble that a small motor fishing vessel had been seen off Bayble Head at 4 P.M.
but had not been seen...
Doctor James Corbett, committee member of Harwich branch since 1968 when he also served as the station's assistant honorary medical adviser until his appointment as honorary medical adviser in 1976. He served in this capacity until his...
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Captain John Adrian Hogg, coxswain of Tynemouth lifeboat from 1976 until his death. Captain Hogg joined the lifeboat crew in 1969 becoming second coxswain in 1970; he was awarded a silver medal in 1986, shortly before he died..
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JULY 11TH. - WEYMOUTH, DORSET.
At 8.15 A.M. the life-boat station was informed that an air battle was imminent. A fresh westerly wind was blowing, with a rough sea. A few minutes later it was reported that an armed yacht...
MARCH 5TH. - ST. HELIER, JERSEY.
The local fishing boat William and Mary, which had gone to fish off Les Minquiers, was six hours overdue, and at eleven at night the motor life-boat Howard D was launched to search for her....
JULY 9TH. - WALTON AND FRINTON, AND CLACTON - ON - SEA, ESSEX. While bound from Rochester to Maldon with a load of brick rubble the barge Maria, of Rochester, lost her sprit and was in difficulties about one and a half miles S.W. of the Swin...