PORTHDINLLAEN. — A schooner was observed in distress, having lost all her sails, about two or three miles N.W. of Porthdinllaen Head, during a very heavy gale from N.N.W. on the morning of the 20th May. The Life-boat George Moore put off at...
On the 25th March during foggy weather the fishing- boat Clupeidae, of Lowestoft, grounded on a flat off Kirkley Beach. The Life- j boat was launched to her assistance, ! and when a tug came upon the scene, : conveyed a hawser to...
PATIENT TO HOSPITAL At i p.m. on 19th December, 1965, the local doctor asked for a woman patient to be taken to the mainland for hospital treatment. The life-boat Mary Stanford^ on temporary duty at the station, set out at i .45 in a light...
Percy and Elizabeth Blunden opened their garden to the public at Keepers Cottage, Lindfield, West Sussex, last July. It was a beautiful day and their magnificent garden was looking its best for the 597 people who came to enjoy it and the... - View image in PDF
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John Stewart Campbeltown coxswain John Stewart has been awarded Miss Maud Smith's Reward for Courage in Memory of John, 7th Earl of Hardwicke for the rescue of two people from the fishing vessel Sincerity (Summer 2001 issue, p. 10). The... - View image in PDF
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In the New Year's Honours Mr. W. W. Harris was made a Member of the Order of the British Empire for his work as honorary secretary of the New Brighton life-boat station, and Mrs. E. M. Astley Roberts, president of the Eastbourne...
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5 August: Lifeguards on Castlerock Beach, Co Antrim, rescued a man and woman from the water after their boat sank. The boaters had sent out a mayday call and the lifeguards, closest to the scene, were quick to...
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Great Yarmouth and Gorleston, Norfolk.—On the 30th of April, 1957, Lloyd's agent telephoned to say that the motor vessel Caland, of Rotterdam, on passage from Grangemouth to Brest, had a sick man on board and was making for Yarmouth...
Filey, Yorkshire.—Early on the morning of the 12th November, 1937, nine fishing cobles put to sea. At 8.55 A.M.
a squally N.N.W. wind was blowing, with a rough sea. The pulling and sailing life-boat Thomas Masterman Hardy...
Newhaven, Sussex. At 1.45 a.m. on 2nd August, 1965, red flares were observed in Seaford Bay. The Newhavea life-boat Kathleen Mary was launched at 1.57 a.m. She found a small yacht in difficulties with torn sails and outboard engine out of...